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SophieNovus commented about Valley Plaza 16 on Jan 17, 2026 at 1:28 am

Capacity pre-recliner remodel is 3,112. Will be going back next month to update the current seating arrangements alongside to take note of Auditorium 15’s TITAN LUXE retrofit.

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SophieNovus commented about AMC Northridge 10 on Jan 16, 2026 at 1:44 am

Looking at photos online I never realized how similarly designed this is to the larger Reading Valley Plaza in Bakersfield, also originally designed by Pacific.

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SophieNovus commented about Showcase Cinemas Seekonk Route 6 on Jan 15, 2026 at 5:18 pm

Demolished as of a few days ago.

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SophieNovus commented about Pruneyard Dine-In Cinemas on Jan 12, 2026 at 12:25 am

Closing on January 25th.

https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/pruneyard-cinemas-campbell-permanent-closure/4010321/?fbclid=IwY2xjawPRjvdleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeRFmt-2T38G2Uk1_dhMSLDpn7Jyg0LlwjKcglODUz6mPPywyJfYl2OEo_S0c_aem_0ojA2yXKJmQI5fWTcstPlA

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SophieNovus commented about Rohnert Park 16 on Dec 26, 2025 at 1:10 pm

Currently being used as a pickleball complex. While some stuff from the old Pacific/Reading setup seem to still be there judging by the photos/videos I’ve seen, each auditorium has been essentially gutted and turned into individual courts.

https://www.centerline33.com/

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SophieNovus commented about Regal Cypress Creek Station 16 on Dec 23, 2025 at 1:55 pm

Currently being demolished via reddit

https://www.reddit.com/r/RegalUnlimited/comments/1pu42rq/its_official_regal_cypress_creek_16_in_fort/

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SophieNovus commented about Regency Calabasas Commons on Dec 16, 2025 at 9:09 pm

Closing again on December 28 to make room for apartment redevelopment

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SophieNovus commented about Cinemark Century Napa Valley and XD on Dec 3, 2025 at 12:12 am

No clue why “By 2022 it had an XD screen” is here considering this theater was built with a XD screen rather than having one retrofitted to XD

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SophieNovus commented about Valley Plaza 16 on Dec 3, 2025 at 12:05 am

Also on a side note I just realized the main lobby mural is based off the poster for “This is Cinerama” but with the Bakersfield sign…wouldn’t be surprised if this was intentional knowing Pacific also owned the Cinerama dome

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SophieNovus commented about Valley Plaza 16 on Dec 3, 2025 at 12:03 am

Auditorium 15 has been upgraded to Reading Cinemas' premium TITAN LUXE format, and is currently upgrading every seat to recliners. Alternatively, theater name is currently Reading Cinemas Valley Plaza IMAX + TITAN LUXE

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SophieNovus commented about Edwards Fairfield Stadium 16 & IMAX on Nov 30, 2025 at 7:14 pm

Currently named Regal Edwards Fairfield on the Regal website, although some places call it Regal Edwards Fairfield & IMAX

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SophieNovus commented about Cinemark Century Arden 14 and XD on Nov 30, 2025 at 7:11 pm

Auditorium 2 is now a ScreenX screen as of November 2025, theater renamed to Cinemark Century Arden XD and ScreenX

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SophieNovus commented about Regal Davis Stadium 5 on Aug 14, 2025 at 8:12 am

Unknown when it happened but it appears the theater was gutted sometime between it’s closure and February 2025 (photos I have somewhere show the gutted lobby; another photo from an article posted 2 months after my stop through in Davis shows another section gutted)

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SophieNovus commented about United Artists Berkeley 7 on Apr 25, 2025 at 5:38 pm

Will be demolished for housing despite multiple attempts to save it by the community.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DI4RanrhA3G/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

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SophieNovus commented about Sonoma 9 Cinemas on Apr 7, 2025 at 12:28 pm

Currently a Big 5 Sporting Goods store as of October 2024.

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SophieNovus commented about Cinemark Century Napa Valley and XD on Apr 7, 2025 at 11:41 am

Was looking on the old Century website on archive.org and found a January 2005 web capture supposedly states there was at one point a 14 screen theater set to open in the area in Summer 2006

Judging by later captures in 2006 removing the date to an unspecified “coming soon” I’m assuming the plans eventually fell through alongside Cinemark’s later purchase of the Century brand and locations

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SophieNovus commented about Edwards Fairfield Stadium 16 & IMAX on Mar 31, 2025 at 10:01 am

This might actually be theater 14 since I watched something yesterday in there and this was actually the mural inside

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SophieNovus commented about Alamo Drafthouse Mountain View on Dec 4, 2024 at 8:21 am

Correction: the other theater is located in Santa Clara, not San Francisco.

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SophieNovus commented about Alamo Drafthouse San Jose on Dec 4, 2024 at 8:20 am

This theater and another Showplace ICON theater in Mountain View have been purchased by Alamo Drafthouse and should be open by next summer.

https://variety.com/2024/film/news/alamo-drafthouse-san-francisco-new-theaters-1236232235/

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SophieNovus commented about Alamo Drafthouse Mountain View on Dec 4, 2024 at 8:19 am

This theater and another Showplace ICON theater in San Francisco have been purchased by Alamo Drafthouse and should be open by next summer.

https://variety.com/2024/film/news/alamo-drafthouse-san-francisco-new-theaters-1236232235/

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SophieNovus commented about Cinemark Century Vallejo 14 on Oct 8, 2024 at 6:40 pm

Dunno about the OG seating capacity but the current seating capacity post-Luxury Recliners remodel is 1,159

Seating capacity per screen: 1 - 85 2 - 87 3 - 75 4 - 79 5 - 68 6 - 53 7 - 133 8 - 133 9 - 53 10 - 68 11 - 79 12 - 75 13 - 86 14 - 85

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SophieNovus commented about Cinemark Century Great Mall 20 XD & Screen X on Sep 19, 2023 at 10:18 pm

Auditorium #1 is now a ScreenX auditorium as of October 2022, with all screens having laser projection as of September 2023.

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SophieNovus commented about Cinemark Century Oakridge 20 XD and Screen X on Sep 17, 2023 at 7:58 am

Auditorium #12 is a ScreenX auditorium as of November 2022.

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SophieNovus commented about Lighthouse Cinema on Sep 3, 2023 at 11:48 am

Reopened as of May 2023 under independent ownership.

Passed by it today (9/3/23) advertising “Barbie”, “Oppenheimer”, “Equalizer 3” and “Golda” on the marquee.

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SophieNovus commented about Regal Edwards Big Newport on Aug 17, 2023 at 5:08 pm

According to an old article I found, this used to be the location of Edwards Cinemas’ headquarters before their merger into the Regal Entertainment Group in 2002…