Opened: 1991 as the AMC Old Pasadena 8. The location is set back from the north side of Colorado Blvd. between Fair Oaks Ave. and De Lacey Ave. Originally there was an outside boxoffice, later replaced with a desk inside at street level. There's a mezzanine one floor down. The main lobby area and the theatres are two levels down.
A November 22, 1991 opening ad located by Mike Rivest.
It was later operated by Laemmle Theatres as the One Colorado Cinemas. They closed it in 2008. The complex was revamped by Village Roadshow, an Australian exhibition and production company, into a high-end venue serving dinner with the film. They called it Gold Class Cinemas, reopening in late November 2009. The L.A. Times had a story on the upgraded operation: "Theater Chain Puts a Luxe Twist on Dinner and a Movie."
By 2012 the Gold Class operation had been taken over by iPic Entertainment, a company headquartered in Boca Raton. Their last day of operation was June 3, 2026.
Phone: 626-639-2260 Website: www.ipic.com
Architect: Unknown
Seating: Originally 2,000 seats in 8 auditoria. After several remodels it was down to six with 240 seats total, excluding wheelchair spaces. Thanks to Scott Weinfeld for getting these 2025 numbers: #1 - 48, #2 - 40, #3 - 28, #4 - 28, #5 - 48, #6 - 48.
An image of a screen showing the seating layout and which patrons need waiter service. The image was shared on Yelp in 2022.
A typical iPic seating chart after they added privacy walls, introduced two-tier pricing and made the front row double-width chaise lounges. The 2026 image is from the iPic website.
Trouble in iPic land: iPic filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in August 2019. With many
competitors on the scene offering some of the same amenities such as
in-theatre dining and reclining seats, the company found $32 tickets an
increasingly hard sell. Hollywood Reporter and Variety
both had the story. The theatres stayed open while the company
pursued financial reorganization. At the
time of the filing, iPic had 123 screens at 16 locations.
The company was in bankruptcy proceedings again in 2026 and was planning to close some locations and try to sell others. In the February 26 PR Newswire/Yahoo Finance article "iPic Theaters LLC Announces Plans to Pursue Sale" Patrick Quinn, the company CEO, was quoted as saying:
"After
exploring a range of possible alternatives, the Company concluded that a
court-supervised sale of assets is in the best interest of the Company
and its stakeholders. We are committed to continuing our business
operations with minimal impact throughout the process and will endeavor
to serve our customers with the high standard of care they have come to
expect from us."
Thanks to Scott Weinfeld for locating a February 25 Atlanta News First story about a supposed April 2026 closing of their theatre there. While the article spoke of a definite closing, it was actually just that they had given their employees a cautionary notice as required under the WARN Act. As they did at all of their locations. They were looking for a quick sale of assets as operating funds were running low.
See more information about the proceedings on our iPic Westwood page. That was the only other California operation. L.A. based Blue Fox Entertainment was poised to take over six locations but later downsized their offer to only two: Westwood and one in New York City. The Mexican chain Cinemex was in the running for other locations as well as the company's branding and other intellectual property.
Closing: iPic's last day of operation for this location was June 3, 2026.
Earlier lobby views:
A look at the main lobby during the Laemmle era. Here it's two floors down from the street. Thanks to Scott Neff for this 2004 shot and others he took that appear here. They're on the Cinema Tour page about the theatre.
Another Laemmle era lobby view. Photo: Scott Neff - Cinema Tour - 2004
The main lobby during the Gold Class era. Photo: Gerard I. - Yelp - 2009. Want to go browsing? Their page has over 1,000 photos.
The lobby areas as an iPic operation:
The street level check-in desk. Escalators are around the corner. Photo: Jason P. - Yelp - 2019
The pool room down one level from the street. Photo: Steve P. - Yelp - 2023
Looking back up to street level. Photo: Anna C.L. - Yelp - 2023
Looking into the pool table area. Out of the frame to the left is a railing with a view down to the two-level lounge near the bar. Photo: Kristine K.Y. - Yelp - 2024
The lounge around the bar. Photo: Shantelle S. - Yelp - 2025
Heading down to the main lobby, two levels below the street. Photo: Kristine K.Y. - Yelp - 2024
A panoramic lobby view as seen coming off the escalator. The entrances to screens 3 and 4 are in the center of the image. Photo: Christopher C. - Yelp - 2024
A bit more of the lounge area seen on the left in the image above. Photo: Shantelle S. - Yelp - 2023
A ladies room view. Photo: Julie G. - Yelp - 2018
Looking over to the right for the entrance to screen 5. Photo: Vivian P. - Yelp - 2026
The entrances to 5 and 6 with the bar area off to the right. The theatre shared this one on Yelp in 2025.
A wider view with the entrance to screen 6 on the left and the bar area beyond. Photo: Anna C.L. - Yelp - 2023
The entrance to screen 6 and a look into the lounge near the bar. Photo: Ratika N. - Yelp - 2026
Along the bar. Photo: Anna C.L. - Yelp - 2023
At the end of the space we're looking up to the area with the pool table. Photo: Roxana Q. - Yelp - 2023
The nook below the pool table area. Photo: Shantelle S. - Yelp - 2025
A look back to the escalators from the main lobby. The bar area can be seen on the left. It's a photo the theatre shared on Yelp in 2025.
Early auditorium views:
One of the auditoria when the complex was a Laemmle operation. Photo: Scott Neff - Cinema Tour - 2004
A view back toward the booth. Photo: Scott Neff - Cinema Tour - 2004
The auditorium look during the iPic era:
Heading into one of the auditoria. Photo: Vivian P. - Yelp - 2026
An iPic auditorium view with their earlier seating configuration, It's a photo the theatre shared on Yelp in 2013.
One of the auditoria in 2016. Photo: Vincent G. - Yelp
A 2021 view. By this time they had spaced the seats out more, added curved privacy walls and, down front, a row of double wide chaise lounges. Photo: Brea Z. - Yelp
One of the auditoria in 2022. Photo: Martin C. - Yelp
A 2024 shot in a house where they'd gone to black drapes. Photo: Christine K. - Yelp
The rear of a different auditorium in 2025. Photo: Josh H. - Yelp - 2016
A nice look to the rear of one of the larger auditoria shared by the theatre on Yelp in 2025.
Exterior views:
2000 - The entrance when the complex was under AMC management. Photo: Scott Neff - Cinema Tour. Thanks, Scott!
2007 - A shot taken when the venue was a Laemmle operation. Photo: Bill Counter
2007 - A closer view of the boxoffice. Photo: Bill Counter
2008 - Looking down the Miller Alley toward the theatres. Thanks to Joe Vogel for spotting this photo by Benjamin Page on Flickr.
2009 - Closed during the revamp to become Gold Class Cinemas. Thanks to Ken Roe for sharing his January photo on Cinema Treasures.
2011 - On Colorado Blvd. with a peek down Miller Alley. The building on the left once was Clune's/Fox Pasadena. Photo: Google Maps.
2011 - On Colorado Blvd. with a peek down Miller Alley. The building on the left once was Clune's/Fox Pasadena. Photo: Google Maps.
2012 - A look in from Colorado after iPic had taken over the Gold Class operation. Photo: Michael C. on Yelp.
2012 - The boxoffice with Gold Class branding. Thanks to Jack Coursey for sharing his photo on Cinema Treasures.
2024 - A view from Google Maps.
2025 - Looking north with the theatre entrance around to the left. By this time the outside boxoffice was no longer in use. Photo: Bill Counter
2025 - The theatre entrance on the west side of the building. Photo: Bill Counter
2025 - The view from Union St. The building with the theatres is on the left. Note a bit of the Clune's/Fox Pasadena stagehouse on the right side of the alley. Photo: Bill Counter
2026 - Looking west on Union St. Photo: Vivian P. on Yelp.
More Information: See the Cinema Treasures page for a few comments. Cinema Tour has lots of 2004 and earlier photos by Scott Neff. There's a page about the iPic Pasadena on Yelp. Check out a page with a number of interior photos that Joe Vogel spotted on the site Bizbash.
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