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UA Marketplace

64 W. Colorado Blvd. Pasadena, CA 91105 | map |


Opened: December 5, 1986 as the UA Marketplace. It's also been advertised as the UA The Movies, Pasadena 6 and the Pasadena Marketplace. One screen was equipped for 70mm presentations. Thanks to Scott Neff for this 2004 view that appears on the Cinema Tour page about the theatre. The building is on the southeast corner of Colorado and De Lacey.



An opening day ad. Thanks to Mike Rivest for locating it. 

Architect: Daniel T. Uesugi of Uesugi Associates, San Francisco

Seating: 1,725 on six screens with 516 in the largest auditorium.

Status: It closed in 2004 as a Regal Cinemas operation. It's been gutted and rebuilt as as retail for Foot Locker and Tiffany in the end spaces. As of late 2019 the center space was vacant.



Looking across the lobby. Photo: Scott Neff - Cinema Tour - 2004



A snackbar view. Photo: Scott Neff - Cinema Tour - 2004. Thanks, Scott!


Another exterior view:


The Colorado Blvd. side of the theatre in 1992. Thanks to Randy Fosburgh, a former UATC employee, for this shot. 

More Information: Cinema Treasures has a page on the UA Marketplace 6 with some nice research by Joe Vogel and others.

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