The Regal Theater at LA Live opened on Wednesday Oct. 28 with the premier of Michael Jackson's This Is It. For the first week that's the only movie that was showing. I went for the 4:10 showing of MJ's This Is It, which shows MJ's last few months rehearsing. It’s kind of boring for those who aren’t huge fans, but for those who are, it’s more than worth it to go watch it. It’s like having a backstage pass to watch your favorite performer do his thing.
The prices for adult tickets are $11 and snacks are a little higher as well, but not very different from other places. A large popcorn, a soda and a slushi were about $18. Parking is $5 if you get it validated when you buy your ticket. So if you plan on going there on a date, be prepared to spend at least 50 bucks.
The theater is really nice inside and out... from when you get in line to when you're sitting in a row of steep seats in a room that seats hundreds. The fact that it’s brand new and expensive really shows. The outside has big lights that spell out regal 14 and on each floor there are big windows all around the outside which allow people to see all the lights from the buildings outside.
The inside has a lot of space and beautiful purple crystal fixtures hanging from the ceiling. The service was pretty good. Everyone, at least the people we spoke with, was nice and actually tried to help (telling us to get our ticket validated, guiding us to the right floor/room…). They sell snacks on each level (I believe there are 3), which makes it more convenient for the movie goers. They also show the number of calories for each snack on the menu, which is something I’ve never seen before. It’s an interesting idea, but if I would have actually read how many calories I was about to consume, I wouldn’t have gotten anything.
The parking wasn't out of control, but when we left it was about 6-6:30 and there were way more cars than when we got there. There was a long line waiting to get in the parking structure and we had to go behind the parking structure in order to get out of there. What time you go really makes a difference.
The seats were comfortable, the building was nicer than any other theater I've been to and the traffic wasn't bad at the time we went. There was really nothing bad about it and I'll be seeing more movies there.
Amara Velador
You did it...very cool. Keep up the good work. But, what about the movie? Did you think about putting something up about the movie? You might have more comments if you gave a review of the movie!
ReplyDeleteThe theater sounds cool but I was really intrigued by the idea of a knowing how many calories i'm consuming in snacks. I will head there just to find that out.
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