Alameda Theatre (Alameda, California) Explained

Alameda Theatre & Cineplex
Location:2317 Central Avenue, Alameda, California, USA[1]
Coordinates:37.7645°N -122.2433°W
Type:Indoor theatre
Built:1932
Opened:1932
Renovated:2008
Expanded:2008
Seating Type:Orchestra, Balcony
Seating Capacity:2,168 (1932), 484 (Theater 1, 2008)[2]

The Alameda Theatre is an Art Deco movie theatre built in 1932 in Alameda, California. It opened with a seating capacity of 2,168. It was designed by architect Timothy L. Pflueger and was the last grand movie palace built in the San Francisco Bay Area. It closed in the 1980s as a triplex theatre and was later used as a gymnastics studio. A restoration and expansion project was completed in 2008, making the historic theater the primary anchor of an eight-screen multiplex.[1]

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  1. http://cinematreasures.org/theater/3123/ Cinema Treasures. Alameda Theatre, Alameda, CA
  2. Web site: Alameda City website. Historic Alameda Theater Rehabilitation Project. Just the Facts . 2008-11-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090125071501/http://ci.alameda.ca.us/theater/facts.html . 2009-01-25 . dead .