Mayan Palace 14
1918 SW Military Drive,
San Antonio,
TX
78221
1918 SW Military Drive,
San Antonio,
TX
78221
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Santikos Theatres (Official)
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Operated by: Santikos Theatres
Previously operated by: Century Theatres
Firms: Hodges & Associates
Functions: Movies (First Run)
Previous Names: Century Plaza South Theatre
Phone Numbers:
Box Office:
210.496.2221
Manager:
210.496.2221
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Opened in 1968 as a 4-screen screen Century Plaza South Theatre with 2,200 seats. On June 29, 1973 another 2-screens were added. It was closed on September 5, 2002 and was quickly demolished.
In 2003 it was rebuilt as the Mayan Palace 14, opening on October 17, 2003. It was designed of architectural firm Hodges & Associates.
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Two Injured in San Antonio, TX Movie Theater Shooting. The Village Voice headline is a bit misleading. The gunman was shot in the theater, where an off-duty deputy who was moonlighting as mall security chased him, but the gunman shot his only victim in the parking lot before running into the theater. Nobody was killed (off-screen, at least. What the on-screen death toll was that night I don’t know.)
A number of shootings happen in the United States every day, so odds are that a theater will be the scene of one now and then. I doubt that this incident indicates that the Mayan Palace 14 is any more dangerous than the average public place in San Antonio. I’m sure that far more people are killed or injured in automobile accidents while driving to and from theaters than are killed or injured by being shot in theaters.
I was there today and on their evacuation plans that are posted on the back of each auditorium door it shows only 13 screens. Is this the “Mayan 14” just to avoid advertising a superstitious 13? Or did this have an annex building once upon a time similar to the Rialto Piccolo or the annex at Northwest 10/14?
This house was quite a large operation from the beginning. An article in the February 26, 1973 issue of Boxoffice said that ground had been broken for a two-screen addition at Santikos' Century South Theatres. 1,000 seats would be added, bringing the total capacity for the four screens to 3,200. If that’s correct, the two original auditoriums from 1968 must have seated 1,100 each if they were true twins.
This opened as the Century Plaza South with four screens on October 1st, 1969. It never was a twin before. Grand opening ad posted.
Expanded to four screens opening on June 29th, 1973. Another grand opening ad posted.
Torn down in September 2002 and rebuilt as the Mayan Palace 14 opening on October 17th, 2003.
Closed September 5th, 2002, with fireworks, a carnival, cheap refreshments, and a groundbreaking for the new Mayan Palace 14.
Do we have any proof that these were two different buildings? When I was there in 2013 larger theatres were built in such a way that I would bet a large sum of money that they were the original slope-floor theatres of the Century South. Also, if you look at historic aerials, the original building is in the exact same spot with a small addition to the front.
If you look at the floorplan I uploaded I would suggest the addition is what is now theatre 5,6,7. Theatres 3-4 were the 2-screen addition, 1-2 is orginanl, and 8-10 and 11-13 were two original screens that were that have since been reconfigured.
Seating Capacity 1303
Theatre 1 243
Theatre 2 199 AVX
Theatre 3 167
Theatre 4 163
Theatre 5 thru 9 69
Theatre 10 37
Theatre 11, 12 and 13 43
Their isn’t a theatre 14
Please rename Santikos Mayan Palace. The theatre opened on October 1, 1969 as the Century South with 4 screens. It was expanded to six screens on June 29, 1973, 7 on April 11, 1980 and 8 on October 10, 1980 It was closed on September 5, 2002 and it was expanded 13 screens, the 14th house never opened. It opened on October 7, 2003. added some articles to the photos section