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AMC The Americana at Brand 18

322 Americana Way Glendale, CA 91210 | map |

Opened: 2008 as the Pacific Glendale 18 in the Americana at Brand Center. It's on the west side of Brand Blvd. just north of Colorado St. The photo is one that appeared with an August 2021 Americana at Brand Facebook post.

Website: www.amctheatres.com

Architects: Perkowitz + Ruth Architects, a practice now rolled into a firm called RD Collaborative.

Closed: The theatre closed in March 2020 due to Covid restrictions. On April 12, 2021 Pacific announced that it was not reopening any of its Pacific or ArcLight branded locations. See the Cinerama Dome page for links to many news stories about the decision. 
 
Caruso was quoted in several stories saying that, one way or another, he wanted to resume the movie operations at Americana and the Grove. Bloomberg ran an April 17 story "Billionaire Caruso Studying Option of Taking Over Mall Cinemas." Thanks to Jonathan Raines for spotting the story.  
 
AMC ended up taking over this location as well as the Grove. Ryan Faughner had the July 19, 2021 story in the L.A. Times: "AMC takes over former Pacific theaters at Grove and Americana." Thanks to Jonathan Raines for spotting the article. Variety and Hollywood Reporter also covered the news. AMC noted that the Grove was the second highest-grossing movie theatre and the Americana was the fifth highest-grossing theatre in the L.A. area.
 
The complex reopened under AMC management in August 2021. 

 

 
A lobby view by Becky Sapp of Berliner Studio/BEImages that once appeared with "Americana at Brand: Extra Butter Please," a 2008 Curbed L.A. story by Dakota Smith that's now missing its photos.
 
 
  
A 2008 photo of the entrance by Minnaert from Wikimedia Commons.  
 
 

A look into the complex from Brand Blvd. Photo: Google Maps - 2019  

More information: See the Cinema Tour page on the Americana for 9 photos. Also see the Cinema Treasures page.

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  1. AnonymousApril 24, 2024 at 10:38 AM

    Ashley Aleman and Brandon Venezuela rocks, thank you for being the current manager that you are.

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