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Find Imax Theaters in Southern California, along with maps, directions and contact information! Updated July 2, 2008. SoCal Theater pages on this website--- HOME :: Latest News :: Southern California Movie Theaters, Overview :: AMC Theaters :: Cinemark/Century :: Digital Theaters :: Discount Theaters :: Edwards Theaters/Los Angeles :: Edwards Theaters/Orange County :: Edwards Theaters/other SoCal :: IMAX Theaters :: Krikorian Theaters :: Mann Theaters :: Pacific Theaters :: Regal Theaters :: Grauman's Chinese Theater :: El Capitan Theater :: Pantages Theater IMAX Theaters in Southern California2008 is the year you'll see an IMAX THEATER EXPLOSION!
You've always known about IMAX theaters; you've grown up with them. They were always the theaters that made your jaw drop when you entered them---you couldn't help but utter the word "wow" the first few times you went into an IMAX. The screen was huge. The seats were cozy. You probably still remember nearly every IMAX movie you experienced as a child. Because getting to see one of the IMAX films was so rare, it was a memory you hung onto for a long time to come!
Fast forward to 2008: IMAX has long since learned that everyone loves their theaters...but that their traditional science movies made a whole lot of people yawn! (No...not YOU. You were one of the guests with a gifted mind who could appreciate such scholarly endeavors!) Over the past few years, IMAX has been experimenting with putting Hollywood blockbusters into their theaters. And you know what? The eyes of the IMAX folks began flashing green with dollar signs as their earnings piled up one bill on top of the next. People LOVE going to newly released films in an IMAX venue, they discovered. "Hey, if we make more theaters, more people can buy tickets!" they began to think. And, so a huge and sweeping plan was formed...and it may well revolutionize the way you watch your favorite new movies from now on! The IMAX-AMC Revolution!IMAX has an ambitious goal of making sure that nearly everyone living in a major US metropolitan city can visit an IMAX theater, if they wish. How will they accomplish this sweeping epic of a plan?By teaming with the AMC theater system, which already has a web of new stadium-seat theaters built across the USA, and more still in the works! These new theaters have quickly become the "gold standard" for watching films...with their comfortable seating, digital sound---and, many times, digital projectors, as well. The AMC theaters picked out their best-performing new theaters (which will have the space for the IMAX project) and will plan to adapt them for IMAX use. To make a long story short, in the next 3 years, 100 NEW IMAX LOCATIONS will open at AMC theaters across the United States. These will be DIGITAL IMAX theaters (both digital sound AND digital projection.) 50 new digital IMAX auditoriums will open up in 2008 alone! Soon, it will NOT be uncommon to see films in the IMAX format. Better hold tight to your early memories of those rare IMAX theater visits! From now on, IMAX movie-going will be a common experience---and the memories of each visit will all blur together! SoCal AMC Theaters that will "go IMAX" in 2008!
While it hasn't been announced yet which Southern California AMC Theaters will get digital IMAX projectors & auditorium makeovers for 2009 and 2010, we DO know the list of IMAX theaters which will be coming our way in 2008.Since the IMAX-AMC alliance wants to spread out theaters across the entire United States as quickly as possible, the 2008 makeovers will span the entire US thinly. Each metropolitan area won't get very many of the new IMAX theaters, in other words. However, Southern California has a large population...and thus was lucky to get more of the new IMAX units coming to local AMC theaters than other parts of the country. Here's the list of Los Angeles and San Diego area AMC theaters getting IMAX makeovers in 2008--- 1.) Arcadia: AMC Santa Anita 16 Theaters (at the Westfield Santa Anita Mall 2.) Burbank: AMC Burbank 16 Theaters (near the Burbank Town Center Mall) IMAX opening date set for November 2008 at the Burbank AMC 16 Theater! 3.) Los Angeles: AMC Century City 15 Theaters (in the Westfield Century City Mall) IMAX opening date set for November 2008 at Century City! 4.) Rowland Heights/City of Industry/La Puente area: AMC Puente Hills 20 Theaters (at the Puente Hills Mall) 5.) San Diego: AMC Palm Promenade 24 Theaters (at the Palm Promenade shopping center in the southern San Diego/Chula Vista area. 6.) Torrance: AMC Del Amo 18 Theaters (in the new open-air addition of the Del Amo Fashion Center Mall 7.) Woodland Hills: AMC Promenade 16 Theaters (at the Westfield Promenade Mall...just down the street from the newly-expanded Westfield Topanga Mall.) We'll all be looking forward to the opening of these new Southern California IMAX theater locations. Meanwhile, we may already enjoy the IMAX locations listed in the section just below! Locations of IMAX Theaters in Southern CaliforniaAnaheim IMAX Theater: A new IMAX Theater has opened inside the new Movie Experience Theater at the Anaheim GardenWalk outdoor mall near Disneyland Park. The Movie Experience Theater & IMAX address is 321 W. Katella, Anaheim, CA 92802. The Anaheim GardenWalk's IMAX phone number is (714) 399-0300. Directions to the new IMAX theater in Anaheim: From I-5, take the Katella exit and head west several blocks to the Anaheim GardenWalk. (When you see a Cheesecake Factory Restaurant, you know you're there!) Park in the parking garage next door to the Bubba Gump Restaurant. Here's a Google map to the Anaheim GardenWalk & IMAX Theater for you to help plan your route. Cathedral City/Palm Springs area: Desert IMAX Theater, address is 68-510 E. Palm Canyon Drive, Cathedral City, CA 92234. The Desert IMAX Theater's phone number is 760-324-7333. For movie schedules at the Cathedral City IMAX location only, please view the Desert IMAX page of the North American Cinemas website. Or for more information about IMAX movies (present & upcoming,) visit the IMAX website (link at bottom of this page.) To plan your route to this location, you may wish to use the following Google map to the Desert IMAX theater. Irvine/Orange County IMAX location: Edwards IMAX Theater at the Irvine Spectrum, address 65 Fortune Drive, Irvine, CA 92618. The Irvine Edwards IMAX phone number is 800-555-8355. Website: See link to the Edwards Theater website at the bottom of this page. Directions: the Irvine Edwards IMAX is located in the Y formed when I-405 splits off from Interstate 5 in Orange County. The Irvine Spectrum may be reached easily from either freeway, and is clearly visible from the freeway. From Interstate 405, take the Irvine Center Dr exit. From I-5, use the Alton Pkwy exit. Here's a Google map to The Spectrum & the Irvine Edwards IMAX Theater to use as a guide. To discover the restaurants and stores you may enjoy while visiting this lovely outdoor mall, please visit the Irvine Spectrum Center page of this website. Los Angeles/LAX area/West LA: IMAX at the Bridge Cinema de Luxe; address at the Howard Hughes Center Promenade is 6081 Center Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90045. The Bridge IMAX Theater's phone number is (310) 568-3375. The Bridge Cinema's website (including showtimes for its IMAX theater) is www.TheBridgeCinema.com. Directions: The Bridge IMAX can be easily reached from the 405 Freeway. Here's a Google map to The Bridge IMAX Theater at the Howard Hughes Center in Los Angeles, California. To discover the restaurants, stores and other entertainment you may enjoy on your visit, please see the Howard Hughes Center Promenade page of this website. Los Angeles/Central LA/Exposition Park: California Science Center Imax, address within Exposition Park is 700 State Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90037. The California Science Center's phone number is 213-744-7400. Use the following link to see the California Science Center's IMAX web pages from its official website. Directions: State Drive intersects with Figueroa St, which runs parallel to the I-110 Freeway. Following is a Google map to Exposition Park in Los Angeles, where you'll find the California Science Center and IMAX. Ontario/Inland Empire/San Bernardino County: Ontario Edwards IMAX Theater, address at the Ontario Mills Mall is 4900 E. 4th St, Ontario, CA 91764. The Edwards Ontario IMAX Theater's phone number is 800-555-8355. Website: see link to Edwards website at bottom of this page. Directions: The giant Ontario Mills Mall sits in the northwest corner of the I-15/I-10 intersection and can be reached from either freeway. From Interstate 15, take the 4th St exit. From Interstate 10, use the Milliken Ave exit. You may access the following Google map to the Ontario, California IMAX theater if you would like a visual guide. 
San Diego: Edwards Mira Mesa IMAX Theater, address, 10733 Westview Parkway, San Diego, CA 92126. San Diego's Mira Mesa Imax phone number is 858-635-7700. Website: see link to Edwards Cinema website at bottom of this page. Directions: This IMAX theater is conveniently located directly to the west side of Interstate 15. From I-15, take the Mira Mesa Blvd exit and head west 1 block to Westview Pkwy. Here's a Google map to the San Diego Edwards Imax Theater. San Diego/Balboa Park: There's an IMAX Dome Theater at the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center. The Fleet Science Center's address is 1875 El Prado, San Diego, CA 92101. The Fleet Science Center's phone number is (619) 238-1233. Web pages: IMAX movie listings and showtimes for the Reuben H Fleet Science Center may found in the IMAX section of the museum's official website. Directions: From Interstate 15, follow the signs to Balboa Park. Here is a Google map to the Fleet Center IMAX in Balboa Park to use as a guide. To discover other interesting museums you may enjoy while visiting San Diego's Balboa Park, please visit the Balboa Park page of this website. Universal City/Hollywood: AMC Loews CityWalk IMAX Theater, address 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, CA 91608. The Universal City Walk IMAX phone number is 818-508-0588. Website: see the www.AMCtheaters.com website for the name of the IMAX movie currently playing and its showtime schedule. Directions: from the 101 Freeway, take the Universal Studios Blvd exit and follow the signs to Universal Studios and the CityWalk. Following is a Google map to the Universal CityWalk IMAX Theater. To discover restaurants and stores you may enjoy after taking in your IMAX movie, please visit the Universal Studios CityWalk section of this website. IMAX Theater Contact InformationIMAX Website: IMAX doesn't have its own theaters, but operates via partnerships with a variety of other companies. As you've noticed on this page, in just Southern California alone, IMAX partners with science museums, the AMC Theaters, the North American Cinemas and the Edwards Cinemas (now part of the Regal Entertainment group.) Nevertheless, Imax DOES maintain a central website on which you can find out about the different films they offer. You may use the following link to view the www.IMAX.com website. EDWARDS IMAX SHOWTIMES: The most efficient way of finding out IMAX films being shown at a particular theater is to head to that theater's website for information. Links to the AMC, North American Cinemas and science museum IMAX theaters have already been included in the SoCal IMAX theater listings above. But, since several Edwards Theaters also have IMAX theaters, the link to the Edwards/Regal website was saved for the bottom of the page. Here's the link to the Edwards/Regal Theaters website where you can find out the IMAX shows & movie schedules for any of the Edwards IMAX theaters.
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