{"id":208,"date":"2009-06-15T10:13:43","date_gmt":"2009-06-15T10:13:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/?p=208"},"modified":"2009-06-15T10:13:43","modified_gmt":"2009-06-15T10:13:43","slug":"rancho-niguel-8-a-transitional-marker-at-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/2009\/06\/15\/rancho-niguel-8-a-transitional-marker-at-20\/","title":{"rendered":"Rancho Niguel 8: A Transitional Marker At 20"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This past weekend marked the twentieth anniversary of the<a href=\"http:\/\/occinema.com\/2007\/08\/30\/rancho-niguel\/#more-108\" target=\"_blank\"> Rancho Niguel 8<\/a>, in Laguna Niguel. Built with spacious, THX certified, auditoriums and a host of higher end amenities, the theatre was a dramatic departure from Mann&#8217;s tradition of more budget conscious multiplexes; this upgrade in quality was likely reflective of Mann Theatres having changed ownership shortly before the Niguel 8 was built (namesake Ted Mann sold the chain to Gulf &amp; Western in 1986). The Rancho Niguel was sold to Edwards Theatres in 1991, but temporarily returned to the Mann fold, following Edwards&#8217; bankruptcy. In an odd twist of fate, the theatre had opened at a time when Mann was still a major player within the exhibition industry, but, by the time the Niguel 8 returned to Mann, the company was a mere shadow of it&#8217;s former self.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/ranchoniguelgrandopeningad.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-207 aligncenter\" style=\"border: black 2px solid;\" title=\"Rancho Niguel Grand Opening\" src=\"http:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/ranchoniguelgrandopeningad-241x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"241\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/ranchoniguelgrandopeningad-241x300.jpg 241w, https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/ranchoniguelgrandopeningad-120x150.jpg 120w, https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/ranchoniguelgrandopeningad.jpg 684w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 241px) 100vw, 241px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>While no longer &#8220;state of the art&#8221;, the Rancho Niguel 8 remains relatively unchanged from it&#8217;s June 13, 1989 opening and continues to aptly serve the Laguna Niguel\u00a0market.\u00a0Currently operated by Regency Theatres, the venue\u00a0stands as\u00a0a pristine example of late 80&#8217;s cinema and historical marker from Mann Theatres&#8217; evolution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This past weekend marked the twentieth anniversary of the Rancho Niguel 8, in Laguna Niguel. Built with spacious, THX certified, auditoriums and a host of higher end amenities, the theatre was a dramatic departure from Mann&#8217;s tradition of more budget conscious multiplexes; this upgrade in quality was likely reflective of Mann Theatres having changed ownership [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-history","category-theatre"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=208"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":209,"href":"https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208\/revisions\/209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}