Inside SF's new state-of-the-art 4DX movie theater at Stonestown Galleria Mall

ByAndrew Morris KGO logo
Friday, July 30, 2021
Inside San Francisco's new state-of-the-art movie theater
The future of movie theater blockbusters might be at the immersive 4DX auditorium in the brand new Regal Stonestown Galleria.

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Movie theaters have been collecting cobwebs over the past year with COVID-19 pandemic shutdowns, but the Regal Cinemas location at San Francisco's Stonestown Galleria Mall is sparkling new.

ABC7 News was treated to an inside tour of the state-of-the-art facility.

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The theater has an immersive Screen-X 270-degree theater, which covers the viewers' entire field of vision, as well as an interactive 4DX theater with special effects and motion-synchronized seats.

"When you're sitting in those seats, things are moving and the environmental effects are happening," said Cathii Van Riper, Marketing Project Coordinator for Regal Cinemas. "whether it be wind or snow, it takes you and you're part of the movie."

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All local COVID-19 protocols must be followed. Click here to see a list of showtimes.

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