Nickelodeon

rivest266 on December 12, 2022 at 2:58 pm

appears to be closed per: https://lookout.co/santacruz/city-life/story/2022-03-18/revival-beloved-nickelodeon-movie-theater-could-be-fantasy

“On Feb. 9, 2020, I sat in the back row of a sparsely populated theater inside the downtown Santa Cruz Nickelodeon Theatre for an evening showing of Bong Joon Ho’s “Parasite.” That same night, it became the first international feature film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture, as I had expected considering the global buzz that it generated.

However, despite the early stages of COVID-19 anxiety creating parallel worldwide noise, I never would have expected that this would be my final trip to the Nick.

The unassuming, beloved, four-screen arthouse theater on Lincoln Street “temporarily” suspended services on March 16, 2020, along with just about every other business in town. Many are back in business, but the Nick — a local staple for 50 years — has yet to come back to life.

Can it still be revived?

The Nick hasn’t been officially pronounced dead, but it certainly seems to be dying. The cause? It might seem like a no-brainer that COVID sped its closing. But streaming — an already popular force that was accelerated by the pandemic — has a hand in its demise as well.

For a hot second, it looked like the Nick might be making a comeback when the Del Mar, the other Landmark-operated theater in town, reopened in 2021. However, those hopes quickly slipped down the drain after weeks and months passed with the theater remaining shuttered, and the Nick’s Facebook page has been silent since the summer of 2021. …"

Mikeyisirish on December 7, 2012 at 8:41 pm

A 2010 photo can be seen here.

stefanyoungs on October 23, 2006 at 10:58 pm

Nice night photo. Thanks

stefanyoungs on October 17, 2006 at 7:54 pm

At this website link there are several photos of the Nickelodeon.

http://www.thenick.com/tours.html

There are also several photos of the nearby beautiful Del Mar theater.