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It is the largest movie theater chain in the world. Founded in 1920, AMC has the largest share of the U.S. theater market, ahead of Regal Cinemas and Cinemark Theatres. After acquiring Odeon Cinemas, UCI Cinemas, and Carmike Cinemas in 2016, it became the largest movie theater chain in the world. [3]
Pacific Theatres was owned by The Decurion Corporation which also owned and operated ArcLight Cinemas. In 2008, it sold its store locations in San Diego to Reading Cinemas. In April 2021, Pacific Theatres announced they would not be reopening any of their theater locations after being closed since March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Building an indoor mall was ideal for the area, as El Cajon is notoriously hot during the summer. Since opening the mall, Parkway Plaza has expanded as necessary. Sears Roebuck opened first, on the west edge of the property, around 1969-1970 as a freestanding anchor. The mall was built shortly thereafter, attaching to its east side.
El Cajon takes its name from Rancho El Cajón, which was owned by the family of Don Miguel de Pedrorena, a Californio ranchero and signer of the California Constitution.. El Cajón, Spanish for "the box", was first recorded on September 10, 1821, as an alternative name for sitio rancho Santa Mónica to describe the "boxed-in" nature of the valley in which it sat.
On March 3, 2016, AMC Theatres announced its intent to acquire Carmike Cinemas in a $1.1 billion deal, subject to regulatory and shareholder approval. The deal was completed on December 21, 2016. [18] With the deal, AMC overtook Regal Entertainment Group as the United States' largest movie theater chain. [19] [20]
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CGV Cinemas San Francisco 14, is a 14-auditorium [36] movie theater multiplex in a former eight-story Cadillac dealership building on Van Ness Avenue at O'Farrell Street. [ 37 ] [ 38 ] [ 39 ] It opened on 10 July 1998, as the AMC 1000 Van Ness with 3,146 seats listed.
El Cajon Boulevard is a major east–west thoroughfare through San Diego, La Mesa and El Cajon, California. Before the creation of Interstate 8 it was the principal automobile route from San Diego to El Cajon, the Imperial Valley , and points east as U.S. Route 80 ; it is now signed as a business loop of Interstate 8.