Will Cinerama Dome ever reopen? Perhaps.
Dome Middle LLC, the corporate that owns the property alongside Sundown Boulevard upon which the long-lasting film venue stands, filed an utility for a conditional-use allow to promote alcohol for on-site consumption on the Cinerama Dome Theater and adjoined multiplex Tuesday.
In accordance with the applying filed by the corporate’s consultant, Elizabeth Peterson-Gower of Place Weavers Inc., Dome Middle is in search of a brand new allow that might “allow for the continued sale and dispensing of a full line of alcoholic beverages for on-site consumption in conjunction with the existing Cinerama Dome Theater, 14 auditoriums within the Arclight Cinemas Theater Complex, and restaurant/cafe with two outdoor dining terraces from 7:00 am – 4:00 am, daily.” This may be a renewal of the present 10-year allow, which expires Nov. 5.
The findings doc filed with the Metropolis Planning Division additionally mentions that “when the theater reopens, it will bring additional jobs to Hollywood and reactivate the adjacent streets, increasing safety and once again bringing vibrancy to the surrounding area.” No timetable for this reopening was indicated.
A consultant for Dome Middle LLC didn’t reply instantly Friday to a request for remark.
The Cinerama Dome, which first opened in 1963, has been closed because it was shut down in the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. After it was introduced in April 2021 that the beloved theater would remained closed even after the pandemic, it was revealed in December of that yr that there have been plans for the Cinerama Dome and the connected theater complicated to finally reopen.
At a public listening to concerning the adjoining Blue Observe Jazz Membership in June, Peterson reportedly indicated that whereas there weren’t but any definitive plans, the property homeowners had reached out to her to debate the Cinerama Dome subsequent. Maybe this new allow utility is an indication plans are lastly coming collectively.
