Maya Cinemas in Pittsburg reopens with a new look

Posted Aug 01, 2012

Maya Cinemas, which replaces the recently closed Brenden Theatres 16-screen cinema, will soon reopen as construction continues in Pittsburg, Calif., on Tuesday, July 24, 2012. The theater which features a new color scheme will have 15 screens and many interior design upgrades including a new sound system and digital projector. The new cinema is scheduled to open to the general public on Friday, Aug. 3.

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Pascual Sarate adds another coat of paint to the Maya Cinemas, which replace the recently closed Brenden Theatres, in Pittsburg, Calif., on Tuesday, July 24, 2012. (Susan Tripp Pollard/Staff)
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Maya Cinemas, which replaces the recently closed Brenden Theatres will have 15 screens when finished and many interior design upgrades. (Susan Tripp Pollard/Staff)
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People walk through the front lobby as construction continues at Maya Cinemas, which replaces the recently closed Brenden Theatres, in Pittsburg, Calif., on Tuesday, July 24, 2012. (Susan Tripp Pollard/Staff)
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Ricardo Gomez works on one of the glass candy display cases at Maya Cinemas, which replaces the recently closed Brenden Theatres, as construction continues in Pittsburg, Calif., on Tuesday, July 24, 2012. (Susan Tripp Pollard/Staff)
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Work on a new screen in one of the 15 theaters is the task at hand as construction continues at the Maya Cinemas in Pittsburg, Calif., on Tuesday, July 24, 2012. Maya Cinemas, which replaces Brenden Theaters, will have many interior design upgrades in addition to a new sound system and digital projectors. (Susan Tripp Pollard/Staff)
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Acoustic panels are installed in one of the auditoriums at right in the Maya Cinemas in Pittsburg, Calif., on Tuesday, July 24, 2012. (Susan Tripp Pollard/Staff)
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Frank Haffar, Maya Cinemas president and chief operating officer, looks out onto the big screen as he stands next to one of the new digital projectors in the building which was once home to Brenden Theatres in Pittsburg, Calif., on Tuesday, July 24, 2012. (Susan Tripp Pollard/Staff)
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New medallion tile work breaks up the long hallways at the Maya Cinemas, which replaces the recently closed Brenden Theatres, where construction continues in Pittsburg, Calif., on Tuesday, July 24, 2012. (Susan Tripp Pollard/Staff)
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Mark Nethercott, on center ladder, and Troy Copsy, right, work on installing speaker wire in one of Maya Cinemas' auditoriums in Pittsburg, Calif., on Tuesday, July 24, 2012. Plastic protects the leather rocking seats with cup holders while the new sound systems is installed. Maya Cinemas replaces the recently closed Brenden Theatres. (Susan Tripp Pollard/Staff)
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Construction continues at Maya Cinemas where hallways are finished with a dark granite stripe and onyx stone material at the theatre which replaces the recently closed Brenden Theatre's in Pittsburg, Calif., on Tuesday, July 24, 2012. (Susan Tripp Pollard/Staff)
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A worker carries a push broom as construction continues on Maya Cinemas, which replaces the recently closed Brenden Theatres, in Pittsburg, Calif., on Tuesday, July 24, 2012. (Susan Tripp Pollard/Staff)

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