Opened in 1987 by Cineplex Odeon, the Universal City Cinemas contain 18 regular motion picture auditoria and one IMAX screen. Since 2007 they have been operated by AMC Loews.
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UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. -- April 20, 2007 -- Universal CityWalk Cinemas celebrates its sweeping top-to-bottom re-launch with an unprecedented "Open House" at the movies offering guests a free day of movie-going complete with free popcorn and free soft drinks and introducing audiences to "The Best Movie-Going Experience in L.A." on Thursday, May 3, beginning with the first late-morning screenings and continuing through the last regular showtimes of the day.
Guests will enjoy a free "first look" at the Universal CityWalk Cinemas' (CityWalk Stadium 19) comprehensive re-do, featuring technically advanced screens, a sophisticated, state-of-the-art sound system, an "eye-popping" interior and exterior design and the widest, stadium-style seating available in any U.S. theatre.
"Open House" guests will find lavishly remodeled theatres and will be seated in custom-made, ergonomically-designed stadium-style "rocker seats," measuring 26" in width with first-class spacious leg room. They'll watch movies on new, wider, curved wall-to-wall movie screens, and enjoy perfectly balanced digital surround-sound systems.
Living up to its billing as "The Entertainment Capital of L.A.," Universal Studios Hollywood celebrates summer 2007 with the "New CityWalk," featuring a lively mix of new dining choices, a collection of contemporary retail favorites, an exciting range of entertainment that includes free concert performances and free outdoor movie screenings as well as the ever-popular mechanical bull-riding at Saddle Ranch Chop House, virtual NASCAR racing, salsa dancing at the Rumba Room, and the newly revitalized 18-screen and IMAX theatres.