LA's Cinerama Dome finally has a (far off) future

2021-12-20T20:05:00-05:00

The Cinerama Dome and the attached theater complex formerly known as ArcLight Hollywood plans to reopen, two people familiar with the matter told The Times on Friday. There was no timetable for a potential reopening date, although one source who was not authorized to comment publicly said it could be as early as next year.

The iconic movie theater was previously thought to be in peril following its operator Pacific Theaters April announcement in which they declared that the 58-year-old venue would not be reopening due to financial pressures caused by the pandemic.

A permit filed on November 22nd included provisions for a bar and “general eating place”, according to public records which were then spread across social media. Deadline is reporting that the Welton Becket-designed midcentury landmark, which is one of several such buildings around Los Angeles currently the focus of restoration efforts, won’t come into shape until at least 2024.

Welton Becket-designed Hollywood Cinerama Dome Marks 50 Years

2013-11-07T19:05:00-05:00

The only geodesic dome movie theater in the world, Becket’s design was inspired by Buckminster Fuller—and the nation’s midcentury obsession with landing on the moon. Built to resemble a giant spacecraft, the Dome boasted futuristic floating stairways—a first for any movie theater at the time. Simultaneously projected images using three 35mm cameras were so cutting-edge, the Dome’s own original projector—the Norelco Universal—would win a Technical Academy Award in 1963 [...].

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LA's Cinerama Dome finally has a (far off) future

Welton Becket-designed Hollywood Cinerama Dome Marks 50 Years