Metropolitan Theatres

This article is about the movie theater company. For the former movie palace in Los Angeles, see Paramount Theatre (Los Angeles). For other uses, see Metropolitan Theatre.
Metropolitan Theatres
Company typePrivate
IndustryEntertainment
Founded1923
FounderJoseph Corwin
FateFiled for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2024
Headquarters
Los Angeles
,
United States
Area served
Southern California
Loveland and Steamboat Springs, Colorado
Park City, Utah
Key people
David Corwin (CEO)
ServicesMovie theater
OwnerCorwin family
Websitewww.metrotheatres.com

Metropolitan Theatres is Los Angeles's oldest movie theater chain.[1] Opened in 1923, they filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2024, at which point they owned 15 theaters: ten in southern California (including seven out of eight in Santa Barbara), three in Colorado, and two in Utah.[2][3]

  1. ^ Nichols, Chris (March 13, 2024). "L.A.'s Oldest Theater Chain Files for Bankruptcy". Los Angeles.
  2. ^ TRD staff (March 6, 2024). "Metropolitan Theatres files Chapter 11 to renegotiate cinema leases". The Real Deal.
  3. ^ Welsh, Nick (March 5, 2024). "Metropolitan Theatres Declares Bankruptcy". Santa Barbara Independent.