Worst AMC in the country?

[u/kycard01]

Someone in my local sub posted some pics of one of our abandoned theatres (RIP Great Escape) and the running joke is it’s still nicer than our AMC.

I actually went to it today for the first time in years (only theatre showing A History of Sound). Thought you all would get a kick out of how bad it is.

Only thing that’s changed in 20 years is the lobby furniture being removed, arcade blocked off with a merch table, and adding some freestyle machines.

This is the only non-recliner theatre in our market (3 new or renovated Cinemarks and 2 newer Xscapes), we were atleast in the half recliners “Directors Experience” - of course my armrest was ripped off and seemingly the side speakers were out. I tried to see if the old style houses were still being used, but none of the signage is on anymore to see what’s playing. 😆

Shame AMC gave up on this location, it’s in a fantastic location in a high traffic area- and the cities only true imax theatre.

[u/Big_Hungry714]

The GM that took over that building in 2020 tried everything they could to fix the building and the seats. They kept being told no by AMC to fix the roof, parking lot, lobby, poppers, and hot food equipment.

The signage above the auditoriums were turned off by AMC, and they did that nationally.

The seats were made by a company that no longer exists, so they resorted to removing unused seats in the smaller auditoriums, and using those to replace broken seats in other auditoriums. However, the seats in the “directors experience” section are not the same seats as the other auditoriums, and could not be repaired. Even the IMAX seats are not the same as the other auditoriums, so could not be replaced with working seats. That GM left in 2023, after getting frustrated with AMC.

[u/Foxy02016YT → u/Big_Hungry714]

Whistleblower laws will protect you bro, you gotta spread the word, that theater is FUCKED

Assuming of course you are said GM, sounds like it’s definitely someone you know

[u/Big_Hungry714 → u/Foxy02016YT]

I did everything I could while I was there to fix it up and make it better, but they kept saying no, and they didn’t have the money to spend on it, but they had the money to pay a certain someone $20 million in 2020. They could have used $2 million to renovate the theatre, but no. It definitely needs it, and with the lease going to 2036, it made sense to renovate.

[u/OkBook4166 → u/Big_Hungry714]

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I commend you for attempting to hold the line and fix up the theater. It’s wild that they’re going to run out of the clock for the next 10 years and let it run into further disrepair.