San Francisco Supervisors Vote Against Landmark Designation For Castro Theatre Seats

CBS San Francisco

June 7, 2023

SAN FRANCISCO -- In a close vote, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday against designating the orchestra-level seats in the iconic Castro Theatre as a historical landmark.

Supervisors voted 6-4 to landmark parts of the interior of the Castro Theatre -- the city's oldest and longest-operating single-screen movie house - but not include the theater seats that its management wants to remove.

The decision comes as event organizer and theatre manager Another Planet Entertainment (APE) has been vying to make space more into a live entertainment venue and less of a movie theatre -- which includes replacing seats with temporary seats and flat platforms for standing-room-only events.

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