The CineramaDome will reopen… eventually. The original owners managed to hold onto the property during the bankruptcy process.
The thing I like most about that location are the clean, easily accessible restrooms inside of it. That better not change. Hollywood has a shortage of bathrooms. https://variety.com/2022/film/news/cinerama-hollywood-liquor-license-1235306558/?fbclid=IwAR2JS-aPTznBPut4KYg9JDWiVq-ucagcxXBmQ6nXXxQIB4tIenEqL8zS-8w On Wed, May 5, 2021 at 8:37 PM Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > The bidding war process has begun > > > https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/arclight-cinerama-dome-sale-suitors-1234948628/?fbclid=IwAR2ofwwNXFPkW0ZarFQV08zYg3cb6Uu-prln3GEUSlXi69XL0JoRRyvfGEg > > > On Tue, Apr 13, 2021 at 9:24 AM Mark Jeffries <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> In Chicago, the Arclight opened up a location a few years ago and I >> didn't mind paying for the lack of ads, only two or three trailers, the >> soundtracks they played in the theaters and the human introductions. And >> damn good popcorn and a bar. It will be missed. >> >> Mark Jeffries >> [email protected] >> >> >> On Tue, Apr 13, 2021 at 4:49 AM 'Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I've been going to the Dome since 1963 or 64, when I saw "It's a Mad, >>> Mad, Mad, Mad World." (That night has always stuck in my mind because we >>> had dinner at a long-gone diner across the street and I spilled a glass of >>> milk all over my sister.) I saw everything from "2001" to "1941" there (so >>> my track record for lousy movies is pretty strong). >>> >>> I would imagine that either another chain or, especially, a streaming >>> service will purchase the place, as it would give them a nice opportunity >>> to showcase their own product and make nice with the other studios and >>> indies by playing their stuff. My ideal scenario, though, would involve >>> Netflix selling the Egyptian back to the Cinemathque and buying the Dome >>> complex. >>> >>> --Dave Sikula >>> >>> On Monday, April 12, 2021 at 7:24:12 PM UTC-7 Kevin M. (RPCV) wrote: >>> >>>> Arclight includes the famed CineramaDome (I used to work across the >>>> street from it and saw two Star Wars movies there) which years ago was >>>> expanded to include a multiplex (with the cleanest and most accessible >>>> restrooms in all of Hollywood... if you’ve never been to Hollywood, the >>>> importance of such amenities cannot be overstated, and to me losing the >>>> restrooms is a harsher blow than the actual theater). This article makes it >>>> seem like the end of cinema itself, but I suspect it is part of a new >>>> cinema experience which will unfold and unravel in the next few years. Not >>>> all chains or physical structures will survive. >>>> >>>> >>>> https://variety.com/2021/film/news/arclight-cinemas-closure-la-movie-lovers-in-mourning-1234949843/amp/ >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Kevin M. (RPCV) >>>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/c592febd-eab8-4dc8-9e43-31bf897f6081n%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/c592febd-eab8-4dc8-9e43-31bf897f6081n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJ_uKi-%3DE_EcHhPjmYKCFWxEsUmizP5Pb9jFZto2RkL-YThF9Q%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJ_uKi-%3DE_EcHhPjmYKCFWxEsUmizP5Pb9jFZto2RkL-YThF9Q%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > Kevin M. (RPCV) > -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4DK-9MHww54ahAEnfQMet0ncURA8sDgoLXoZd2Q10E%2Bvg%40mail.gmail.com.
