The Coast Cinemas in Fort Bragg, California is for sale.
Located just one block east of the Shoreline Highway at the corner of South Franklin Street and Madrone Street, the 4-screen movie theater has been in operation for 60 years. Fort Bragg is located along the California coast about 170 miles north of San Francisco.
The announcement was made by the theater on its Facebook page on April 2, 2024:
To our wonderful customers and friends,
After a great deal of consideration, our family has made the heart-wrenching decision to seek a buyer for our beloved Coast Cinemas.
In the late seventies, we ventured up from the Bay Area and bought what was then a single screen movie theatre. Thanks to the support of our local movie-loving community, we were able to develop it into a beautiful four screen state of the art movie theatre.
In the meantime, our family has grown older. It's now time for us to retire and relinquish the theatre to someone else. We are hoping to find a buyer who will continue to operate as a movie theatre, but ultimately the market will dictate whether it stays a theatre, or the building is put to another use.
This has been an extremely difficult decision for our family. For nearly five decades, along with our amazing employees, we have loved and nurtured this theatre, our partnership with the Mendocino Film Festival, and the wonderful North Coast community of movie lovers.
This journey may take some time to conclude. In the meantime, we hope to see you at the movies!
With love, Laurie, Max and Tom
Originally built in 1964, the movie theater is being listed by Mendo Sotheby's International Realty for $1.4M. The details page on the realty company's website mentions that "all equipment and trade fixtures included along with signage and website" so it sounds like it could be a turnkey purchase for the right buyer.
Showtimes and Tickets
The movie theater remains open (at least as of the writing of this article). To see what's playing and when, and to buy tickets online, please visit the Showtimes page for the Coast Cinemas.
If it closes, moviegoers in the area will need to visit one of the other nearby theaters, including the Noyo Theatre in Willitts.
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