Opened: November 2015. It's on the 3rd floor of the 4th and Colorado corner of the mall. The photo is from the website of W.E. O'Neill, the contractor for the project.
Architect: Jerde Architectural Design
Screens: 12
Seating: 1,500. The largest two houses, #1 and #7, each hold about 260.
Phone: 310-566-2810 Website: www.arclightcinemas.com -- now with just a farewell message.
Closing: The theatre closed in March 2020 due to Covid restrictions. On April 12, 2021 Pacific Theatres announced that none of their theatres would be reopening. See the Cinerama Dome page for links to many news stories about that announcement. Several had noted that this Santa Monica location was considered as one that was "underperforming."
Variety's April 30, 2021 story "Santa Monica Mall Owner Moves to Evict Arclight Theater" notes that Macerich, the mall's owners, had served Pacific with notice on April 13 that they needed to pay $368,841.60 in rent within seven days or forfeit the premises. The total back rent demanded in a February 25 suit was $1.9 million.
Macerich is also the landlord at Pacific's Lakewood location, a venue evidently in trouble even before the Covid shutdown. Pacific had paid no rent for either location since April 2020. $1.5 million was past due on the Lakewood location. The article also discussed the issues at the Culver City ArcLight, where the landlord there, OliverMcMillan, is looking for $2.7 million in back rent.
Status: It's currently vacant.
A look at auditorium #7 from the website of Meyer Sound, who supplied the speakers and amps for this house. The capacity here is about 260. It's one of two houses in the complex equipped for Dolby Atmos.
More information: See the Cinema Treasures page on the complex. Lots of comments and photos can be seen on Yelp.
An August 2017 Curbed L.A. story "ArcLight backs out..." discusses a second location in Santa Monica on 4th St. near Arizona that will not go forward. The site is currently the location of Parking Structure #3.
Curbed L.A. had an October 2013 story about the beginnings of the ArcLight project in Santa Monica. Santa Monica Daily Press was also on the story. The Santa Monica Lookout had additional background information.
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