Overview
- The ArcLight/Cinerama Dome complex advanced its bid for a conditional-use permit to sell alcohol during a Los Angeles zoning hearing on Tuesday, covering the Dome, 14 auditoriums, and a restaurant for a three-year term.
- Associate Zoning Administrator Tim Fargo said he was inclined to approve the request, with a final determination still pending and the state Alcoholic Beverage Control responsible for issuing any license.
- Ownership’s representative Elizabeth Peterson-Gower gave no reopening date and said the historic theater and its screens would remain, with signage and tile restoration planned.
- Dozens of public speakers pressed for transparency and a firm timeline, and Fargo explained that city permits run in perpetuity but must be reapproved in public if unused after three years.
- Owners pointed to the 2025 opening of the on-site Blue Note jazz club as proof of investment, after six years of closure that has fueled preservation worries even as other former ArcLight sites reopened under new operators.