CLOSED: Cinerama Dome

Built (in only 16 weeks!) in 1963, Pacific Theatres' Cinerama Dome (part of the ArcLight Hollywood complex) opened with the "single-strip Cinerama" production of "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World", and has been host to over four decades of premieres and blockbusters since then. Still under the ownership of Pacific Theatres, the first and largest theater of its kind in the world was carefully refurbished and refreshed, reopening as part of ArcLight Hollywood in March, 2002. The signature marquee and portico on Sunset Boulevard and the 316 hexagons in the geodesic dome were restored to their original dramatic presence. The Dome still seats more than 800 guests per showing, and the historic loge seating which has been a favorite of moviegoers over the years has been maintained.