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When the Irvine Spectrum Center opened 30 years ago, it wanted to be known as Orange County’s downtown in the heart of Irvine with restaurants and entertainment venues as anchors, not big-box stores.
The mall debuted in 1995 as “The Entertainment Center at Irvine Spectrum” being home to one of the county’s earliest multiplexes, now known as Regal Irvine Spectrum, and the launch of Sega’s first-ever arcade venue…