It helps, of course, that the property was already previously a movie theater, unlike the long-gestating Alamo Drafthouse in Downtown Los Angeles, which took the better part of half a decade to arrive. There will also be a standalone bar and dining area in the lobby, in addition to the reclining seats, and in-theater food and drink menu.Īccording to the LA Times, Studio Movie Grill should be ready to start screening by sometime this fall, though no opening date has yet been set.

The whole property spans some 60,000 square feet, spread across 10 different screens. Studio Movie Grill’s new Glendale outlet will take over the closed MGN Five Star Cinema on Artsakh Avenue just off Brand and Broadway, reports Variety. The national company currently operates in loads of locations around the country, and already has outlets in Monrovia, Simi Valley, Downey, Redlands, and Bakersfield. They closed in April 2017.The competition for high-end movie theater and dining experiences is only growing in Los Angeles, as Studio Movie Grill looks to get further into the action with a new location in Glendale. The seating in the auditoria in this mode ranged from 30 to 104. Vintage closed the complex February 28, 2012, partially because Galaxy Cinemas had reopened the former Mann Marketplace 4, a block south of the Exchange complex.Īfter a remodel it reopened in August 2013 as the MGN Five Star Cinema, a 10 screen complex with 'dine-in' options. Vintage is the firm that had the Vista and still operates the Los Feliz. The twin addition was jettisoned with the original 8 plex, as the Glendale Exchange 8, operated by Lance Alspaugh's Vintage Theatres beginning in July 2011. Times speculated about the future with their story ' Shut Glendale Theaters might become nightclubs.' The nightclub idea didn't happen. Their last day of operation was June 30, 2011. It was operated by Mann Theatres until the expiration of their lease. One of the screens in the twin was the complex's largest. In 1996 it became a 10 screen complex called, unsurprisingly, the Mann Exchange 10, with 2 additional screens added in vacant space across a hallway from the original 8 plex. One screen in the original Exchange 8 plex was 70mm equipped.

In 1991 Mann also operated the Alex Theatre, which they closed in September of that year.

Movie grill simi valley showtimes