Alaska Experience Theatre
333 W. 4th Avenue,
Anchorage,
AK
99501
333 W. 4th Avenue,
Anchorage,
AK
99501
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The Alaska Experience Theatre was originally located at 705 W. 6th Street and opened on December 26, 1981. It was closed in March 2007 and was demolished. This new twin-screen Alaska Experience Theatre was opened in June 2008. It screened documentary movies (each with around 30 minutes running time) during the summer months. Films screened were: “The 1964 Earthquake Experience” (in the 32-seat ‘Quake’ theatre where the seats & ground shakes), “Journey to Alaska and Northern Lights Adventure” & “Alaska Wild”. The two screens were renovated in 2010. It was closed in June 2018.
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The Alaska Experience Theatre originally first opened its doors at 705 West 6th Street on December 26, 1981 with the 40-minute documentary “Alaska, The Greatland” presented on a 180-degree wraparound screen in 70mm and six-track/eight-channel Dolby Stereo. Its original projection is an Omnivision unit equipped with modified fisheye lens. The movie as mentioned on its original grand opening had a decades-long run at the original location.
The original 6th Street theater closed in March 2007 and was demolished the following month to make way for a parking lot. Meanwhile, at 333 West 4th Avenue, a newer Alaska Experience Theatre was built on the site of a former U.S. Post Office and a Ship Creek Center, with a planetarium-style screen measuring 27x55ft wide and 15ft deep, standing nearly three stories high and wrapping around most of the audience similar to its original 180ft wraparound screen in the original 6th Street location.
After more than $2,000,000 in construction, the newer Alaska Experience Theatre opened its doors in June 2008.