![]() This relationship with Maya Cinemas is really what Wells Fargo is all about. Tracy Burton, Wells Fargo Wholesale Banking: Magic, mystery, myth, movies, Maya Cinemas. We’re very happy that Wells Fargo joined up with us to make this happen. The new development is going to fill up this area, and we’re proud to be a part of it. We know that it promotes economic development. We know that this kind of an activity, this kind of a project, is transformative. There’s not a lot of opportunity or locations for children really in the entire valley, so anytime community partners come together and make a place for our children, there can only be good things to come from that. I think Maya Cinemas is going to be so wonderful, giving them somewhere else. Portland Preston, Community Engagement, North Las Vegas police department: My favorite thing about this place is gonna be the games, it has to be the games, the games are really fun. This place is really good, actually, one of the best movie theaters I’ve ever been. We are now in the development stages of bringing a traditional downtown to North Las Vegas, and so we’re excited about the opportunity of growing our community, make sure we get good strong companies here to be our business partners, and then, to let that the residents of North Las Vegas enjoy the benefits of that. Maya Cinemas is probably the cornerstone of what we’re going to do in the next five years in North Las Vegas. This part of North Las Vegas, this part of the valley, is about 70 percent Hispanic, and that’s about the highest concentration of Hispanics in the entire state of Nevada. Many of the residents who live here in North Las Vegas, they actually work in downtown Las Vegas and on the Strip. Isaac Barron, City Councilman, North Las Vegas: ![]() As a movie producer, I had a really wonderful career, and I had an opportunity to have movie premiers in the top 20 cities of the United States over a long period of time, and I discovered that there wasn’t a single, first-class, first-run movie theatre in any Latino community of the United States. Maya Cinemas is about bringing world-class entertainment to underserved communities. Aubrey said her crew needed about 15 minutes to secure the situation and douse the fire.Īubrey estimated that approximately $1,000 in damage was done to the theater.ĭennis Taylor can be reached at or 646-4344.Moctesuma Esparza, founder of Maya Cinemas: Some personnel and equipment originally dispatched were canceled when firefighters determined the blaze was limited to outside the building. “I called them as a precautionary measure to ensure that we didn”t have an incident like the Alvarado Street fire in Monterey, where we could potentially lose a whole block,” she said. “We responded with nine engines from the city of Salinas and outlying areas, including trucks from the Salinas Fire Department and the Presidio of Monterey.”Īubrey said that unusually large response, which included 37 firefighters, was because of potential hazards and the age of the building. “The flames were seen from the roof and were reported by an employee,” said Gina Aubrey, battalion chief for the Salinas Fire Department. ![]() It was later was determined to be electrical in nature.Īt least 290 moviegoers safely exited the building, money was refunded, and the theater was closed for the rest of the night. The fire, reportedly about six feet wide, was reported about 8:30 p.m. Almost 300 people, not counting employees, were evacuated Thursday from Maya Cinemas after a fire was discovered on the building”s roof.
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