Bay Theater
1035 N. Swarthmore Avenue,
Pacific Palisades,
CA
90272
1035 N. Swarthmore Avenue,
Pacific Palisades,
CA
90272
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Additional Info
Operated by: Netflix
Previously operated by: Cinepolis Luxury Cinemas (USA)
Firms: Retail Design Collaborative
Functions: Movies (First Run)
Previous Names: Cinepolis Pacific Palisades, Bay Theater at Caruso's Palisades Village
Phone Numbers:
Box Office:
310.230.1457
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With a modified replica of the 1948 Bay Theatre marquee rising on the front walkway, Cinépolis Pacific Palisades began showing movies November 3, 2018, and held a ribbon cutting ceremony November 9.
Designed by Retail Design Collaborative, formerly Perkowitz+Ruth, one auditorium in the 5-screen, 250-recliner cinema is equipped with a 35mm projector for private screenings. The Los Angeles Times noted the largest auditorium seats 75 while the smallest hold 28.
As with all Cinépolis' the cinema has a lobby bar and in-theatre dining. To Palisadians familiar with Swarthmore Avenue, Cinépolis sits approximately where Mort’s Deli, with a celebrity following, was located until it closed in 2007. The Village Pantry, Steve’s and then Lenny’s Deli later occupied the space.
Before leveling the 1960’s shopping area Rick Caruso retained Elkus Manfredi Architects to design the $200 million Palisades Village. The Cinepolis Pacific Palisades was taken over by Netflix in October 2021 and reopened on October 22, 2021 with “The Harder They Fall”, “Vivo” & “The Mitchells vs. The Machines”. The 35mm projector which was installed by Cinepolis will be retained. The Bay Theater survived the devastating Palisades fires of January 2025.
Contributed by
Ron Pierce
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Opening article:
Cinépolis Pacific Palisades article 1 Tue, Nov 6, 2018 – C1 · The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America) · Newspapers.com
and
Cinépolis Pacific Palisades article 2 Tue, Nov 6, 2018 – C3 · The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America) · Newspapers.com
Nice that they re opened but please such small square flat screens and very little seats. Probably no masking. It should just have been a 2 or 3 plex with larger curved screens and way more seats. All about food and drinks plus over large sleep chairs. I wonder If someone will take over the old Bay Theatre in town if It’s still around and bring in more seats and a larger screen. The movie people in this town have a ton of money to spend on a nice wide screen movie house not some cramped small five screen set up. The new neon sign does look nice.
Please update, theatre name is Bay Theater, current display ad in photos section. Total seats 275. Theatre 1 73, Theatre 2 47, Theatre 3 83, Theatre 4 28 and Theatre 5 44
Theatre ticketing is thru Atom Tickets
Saw “Operation Mincemeat” there today. My friend and I had theatre 1 to ourselves. They seem to have a deal with Netflix to show their product. The theatres and screens are on the smaller side, yes. The seating is comfortable. The staff are nice.
Also, this page says that there are no theatres to be found within 30 miles, which is untrue. The theatres of Santa Monica are only 5 miles away.
Sorry to break the fourth wall, but did the Bay Theatre survived the wildfires at all?
it’s amazing what typing a few words into a search engine can do to learn something.
Given where the fires took place, there’s going to be alot of destruction. People have lost homes,lives, pets.
Maybe hold off on questions/posting if one thing is there or not for a bit, just out of respect and empathy to those affected?
Sounds like a great idea. I have to do the same thing to what happened in Maui and in Mayfield, Kentucky, previously.
Some good news. Despite the devastation all around it the Bay Theater survived the inferno.
LATimes story reprinted here:
YahooNews
That’s really good to know!