Regal Edwards Anaheim Hills 14
8030 E. Santa Ana Canyon Road,
Anaheim,
CA
92808
8030 E. Santa Ana Canyon Road,
Anaheim,
CA
92808
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Previously operated by: Edwards Cinemas, Regal Entertainment Group
Previous Names: Anaheim Hills Festival 8
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The Edwards Anaheim Hills 14 opened on November 19, 1992 with eight screens. The Orange County Register noted that Edwards had previously purchased all of the Mann Theatres in Orange including this one while it was still under construction.
In January of 1997 the Register reported that Edwards planned to add six more screens seating 300 each. Those stadium auditoriums, added to each side of the building, finally opened on December 11, 1998.
In 2001, after Edwards’ bankruptcy, it came under control of Phillip Anschutz and his Oaktree Capitol Management. The theater retained the popular Edwards name although it is under Regal Cinemas banner. It was closed on September 14, 2022 due to the Regal/Cineworld bankruptcy.
It sits vacant in 2024.
Contributed by
Ron Pierce
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Recent comments (view all 7 comments)
Grand opening ads from December 11th, 1998, and April 23rd, 1999 posted.
Closed as the Regal Edwards Anaheim Hills 14
@Ron Pierce - Looks like the OC Register article misidentified the location of the Nordstrom Rack store; it moved into the space at 8140 E Santa Ana Canyon Rd, formerly occupied by Stein Mart, adjacent to Target.
The Edwards is in another part of the shopping center, and as of December 2023, is still sitting abandoned and retains all of its exterior signage per Google Maps: https://maps.app.goo.gl/xKRjeLn9uF55VKrx5
Opened as Mann Festival 8 in 1992 much like the Festival Cinemas in Hayward Tarzana/Los Angeles Walnut Creek Larkspur Stockton San Ramon and Clovis.
I don’t think this was a project started by Festival Enterprises, even though it was named Festival. I think the mall justh happened to have that name. Though I’ve searched newspapers high and low to identify as many Festival Enterprise locations, I’d be happy to be wrong about this.
Also I’m fairly confident that this opened as an Edwards.
You are correct Scott. It was named after the mall property and purchased by Edwards prior to opening (i.e. Mann design/build but never operated by Mann).