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Bay Theater in Pacific Palisades to reopen with Paramount and Rick Caruso
Paramount Pictures and Rick Caruso are helping restore the Bay Theater in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles.
The theater has been closed since January 2025, when wildfires badly damaged the community.
The venue is set to reopen after its restoration, with a grand opening date expected to be announced in the coming weeks.
The Lot, a luxury dine-in cinema chain, will operate the theater.
It will show new releases, older films and special events, with luxury seating and dining.
The theater is part of the wider recovery of Pacific Palisades, where Palisades Village reopened this summer.
Its return will give the community a place to gather for films and events.
The Bay Theater in Pacific Palisades is set to be restored and reopen with help from Paramount Pictures and developer Rick Caruso.
The theater has been closed since January 2025, when wildfires greatly damaged the community.
Paramount and Caruso announced a long-term agreement for the theater, which will be operated by luxury dine-in cinema chain The Lot.
The Bay is expected to show new theatrical releases, repertory films, events and special programming.
A grand opening date intended for later this year is expected to be announced in the coming weeks.
- Who
- Paramount Pictures and Rick Caruso announced the agreement. The Lot will operate the theater.
- What
- The Bay Theater is to be restored and reopened.
- When
- It has been closed since January 2025. A grand opening intended for later in 2026 will be announced in the coming weeks.
- Where
- The Bay Theater is at 1035 N. Swarthmore Avenue in Pacific Palisades, California.
- Why
- The agreement aims to restore a historic venue and bring it back as a gathering place for the community.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
The Bay Theater closed after wildfires greatly damaged the community.
Palisades Village reopened.
Paramount and Rick Caruso announced a long-term agreement for the Bay Theater.
The theater’s grand opening date, intended for later in 2026, is expected to be announced.
- Location
- 1035 N. Swarthmore Avenue, Pacific Palisades
- Closed since
- January 2025
- Agreement
- Long-term agreement announced by Paramount Pictures and Rick Caruso
- Operator
- The Lot
- Planned opening
- Intended for later in 2026
What people are saying
Together with Caruso, we are proud to help bring the Bay back to life as a place for the Pacific Palisades community to gather around the shared experience of cinema,
The Bay has always been at the heart of the Palisades, and its return is one of the most meaningful signs yet that this community, following the reopening of the Palisades Village this summer, is coming back stronger than ever.
We are incredibly proud to step into this partnership and manage to lead the operations of such a historic and beloved venue.
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