The popular multiplex, located just south of Hampden Avenue and Interstate 25, has seemingly fallen victim to bankruptcy closures by its parent company, Regal Cinemas
“Oh wow yeah SAME,” wrote Scott Derrickson, who grew up in Denver and directed Marvel’s “Doctor Strange” and “The Black Phone,” in response. “It was always The Cooper, Century 21 or The Continental for the blockbusters. But The Continental was the biggest screen. Now they’re all gone. The end of an era.”
“The Continental was one of Denver’s premiere showcase theaters when it opened January 26, 1966, with Charlton Heston in ‘The Agony and the Ecstasy,’ ” according to the. “ continued throughout the 1970s and 1980s, with a screen that measured 35’x 83′. Seating for the theater was originally 916.” Regal, which started as a single large screen, also hosted dozens of 70mm presentations over the decades, including the original “Star Wars” trilogy, Cinema Treasures said. “With the right booking, the Continental Theatre could be responsible for 35% of a film’s business in the city of Denver.”— the Arvada location of the former, low-cost Elvis Cinemas — is set to reopen under new ownership.
Sonora was a Spanish- and English-language movie house in Aurora that closed in 2020, according to its Facebook page. It’s now being revived for a late-April refresh, although any changes will be mostly cosmetic,
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