Movie theater purchase complete

<p>Theater owner Reading International Inc. has completed its purchase of Rohnert Park’s Stadium 16 movie multiplex, part of a $69 million deal for 15 film centers in California and Hawaii. </p><p>Reading purchased the Rohnert Park cinema from Los Angeles-based Pacific Theatres, which will keep its 14 other movie complexes in the Los Angeles area. </p><p>Reading, which is based in the Los Angeles suburb of Commerce, owns or manages 44 multiplex cinemas in the United States, Australia and New Zealand. </p><p>The deal closed Friday. </p><p>Pacific opened the Rohnert Park multiplex in 1998. It also owned Pacific Theatres Petaluma 8 before shutting that location in 2001. The family-owned company is now focusing on retail and office projects, according to industry observers. </p><p>The Rohnert Park multiplex has 48 employees.</p>