831 S. Nash St. El Segundo, CA 90245 | map |
News: They're now saying "Spring 2025" for the opening.
Opened: November 15, 1996 as Pacific's Beach Cities Cinema. It's located in an office park on the north side of Rosecrans Ave., a
bit east of Sepulveda. Photo: Bill Counter - December 23, 2024. The CinemaWest renovations were underway.
Architects: The original designer is not known. Gensler worked on the 2010 revamp into an ArcLight location.
A November 15, 1996 opening day ad. Thanks to Mike Rivest for locating it. Visit his site: Movie-Theatre.org. At the time of the opening Pacific Theatres also
had a six-plex nearby in the Manhattan Village Mall, 3560 Sepulveda,
It was given a two-month overhaul in 2010, reopening as the
ArcLight Beach Cities on November 5. The Pacific Theatres parent company Decurion Corp. closed the theatre in March 2020 due to Covid restrictions. In April 2021 they announced that they wouldn't be reopening any of their Pacific or ArcLight branded theatres. See our
Cinerama Dome page for news about what's happened to some of the company's other locations.
An aerial view of the complex from Google Maps. That's a parking garage on the left, Nash St. running up the right. The rest of this development and Rosecrans Ave. are out of the frame at the bottom.
In November 2023 it was announced that CinemaWest would be taking over the location. Initially they were projecting a Summer 2024 opening date. The company operates 17 other locations in California and Idaho. The property owner is Continental Development, a firm headed by Richard Lundquist.
A 2024 rendering from the CinemaWest website.
Reopening: They were shooting for a January 15 opening but it's now "Spring 2025" for the CinemaWest Beach Cities.
There will be an outdoor patio, a restaurant called Beach Cities Pizza
and two auditoria branded as premium large format. One house will be 4DX
equipped. They're promising to regularly program classic and independent
films.
The lobby in the Pacific era:
The look in August 2008. Photo: Ken McIntyre
A view beyond the snackbar toward the inner lobby. Photo: Ken McIntyre - 2009
Interior views as the ArcLight:
The boxoffice area. Thanks to Richard DuVal for sharing this shot he took on March 9, not long before the theatre closed due to Covid restrictions. It's one of nine photos
in a 2022 post for the
Cinema Tour Facebook group. He commented: "
I was seeing 'The Hunt' during a week-long vacation from work."
The display wall in the lobby. It's a March 12, 2024 photo taken by Jay L. Clendenin for the Los Angeles Times. Visit his website:
www.jlcvisuals.com |
on Instagram.
One of the auditoria. Photo: Richard DuVal - March 2020
A seating detail. Photo: Richard DuVal - March 2020
Construction views:
Looking in from the main entrance doors. Photo: Bill Counter - December 23, 2024
Deeper into the lobby. Photo: Bill Counter - December 2024
The view across the bar area from the doors onto the patio. Photo: Bill Counter - December 2024
A look into the inner lobby from the north exit doors. Photo: Bill Counter - December 2024
More exterior views:
2008 - Across the patio and through the trees. Thanks to Ken McIntyre for sharing this photo and the others appearing here. He comments: "I
interviewed for a job over at TRW when I moved to LA in 1984. I remember
driving slowly down Rosecrans looking for the TRW complex. Most of
Rosecrans between Sepulveda and Aviation was vacant land. Hard to
picture that now when you see this theater and all the rest of the
retail on that stretch."
2008 - A closer look toward the facade's pylon. Photo: Ken McIntyre
2008 - The signage as the Pacific Beach Cities. Photo: Ken McIntyre
2009 - A look across the patio. Photo: Ken McIntyre
2009 - Another angle on the entrance. Photo: Ken McIntyre
2010 - The ArcLight remodel underway in September. Photo: Ken McIntyre
c.2020 - A late in life ArcLight shot by Ken McIntyre. Thanks, Ken!
2020 - Thanks to Richard DuVal for sharing this shot he took on March 9, not long before the theatre closed due to Covid restrictions. It's one of nine photos in a 2022 post for the
Cinema Tour Facebook group. He commented: "
I was seeing 'The Hunt' during a week-long vacation from work."
2020 - Another look at the entrance. Photo: Richard DuVal
2020 - The front doors. Photo: Richard DuVal
2024 - Across the patio on December 23. No work yet on the exterior signage. Photo: Bill Counter
2024 - The entrance as seen from across Nash St. Photo: Bill Counter
2024 - North on Nash. Photo: Bill Counter
2024 - The north end of the building as we look south toward Rosecrans Ave. Photo: Bill Counter
2024 - Arclight signage still in place in December at the entrance to the back parking lot. Photo: Bill Counter
2024 - The west side of the building. That's a bit of the complex's parking garage on the far right. Photo: Bill Counter
More information: See the Cinema Treasures and Cinema Tour pages about the complex.
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