Star Cinema Grill Acquires Two Chicago Area IPIC Locations
Exhibition News • Boxoffice Staff • January 24 2022
Dine-in cinema company Star Cinema Grill has purchased two former iPic locations in the Chicago suburbs of Chicago suburbs of South Barrington and Bolingbrook, with plans to reopen them both by March, the company announced Monday.
Star Cinema Grill will add premium recliner seats with seat heaters and seat-side food and beverage service to all seats, in all auditoriums. The menus will also be updated to include items like “Everything But The Bagel Hummus,” Southwest Eggrolls, Hand Battered Chicken Tenders, and Strawberry Chicken & Walnut Salad.
Houston-based Star Cinema Grill currently operates nine cinemas in Texas and Illinois.
“We are so excited to add two more fantastic theaters to our chain, and give our Hollywood Palms Cinema brand some sister locations in the Chicago market,” Star Cinema Grill’s Vice President of Development Jason Ostrow said in a press release. “These former iPic’s are a great brand fit and we look forward to getting both locations back open as quickly as possible.”
Please rename theatre to Classic Cinemas La Grange XQ, currently the total seats is 306. The theatre is building an additonal 3 screens on the side according to their facebook page schedule to open later this year or next year.
The theatre was twin in 1984, Triplex in 1988 and 4th screen open in 1994. Theatre 5 and 6 open on July 21, 2022
Seating Capacity:
Theatre 1 106 XQ/DTS:X
Theatre 2 46
Theatre 3 37
Theatre 4 47
Theatre 5 and 6 35 seats
Theatre 4, 5 and 6 are upstairs and are stadium seating
Please update the theatre name to Classic Cinemas Elk Gorve XQ and total seats 819
Theatre became a twin on April 17, 1987, On april 10, 1998 as 3 screens, April 17, 1998 as 4 screens, May 1, 1998 as 5 screens, May 8, 1998 as 6 screens, 8 on May 18, 2007 and November 25, 2009 as 10 (Grand Opening ad as 10 in photos section).
Cinergy Entertainment Announces Expansion to Wheeling, IL
Cinergy Entertainment Group, a leader in family entertainment, announces their 10th location, Cinergy Dine-in Cinemas opening in Wheeling, IL. Cinergy Wheeling Dine-Cinemas will feature in-theater dining, luxury recliner chairs, a spacious sports bar and lounge area including pool tables and shuffleboard. The new location will open this summer in Wheeling Town Center.
Cinergy Wheeling Dine-In Cinemas hosts seven state-of-the-art movie theaters featuring luxury recliner seats with swivel tables. Guests are served in the auditorium by wait staff with online ordering for ease of service. Cinergy offers a premium chef-inspired dining menu which includes an extensive bar menu featuring draft beer and craft cocktails. Guests can also enjoy food and drinks in the sports bar lounge. More entertainment attractions will be coming to Cinergy Wheeling in the future.
“We couldn’t be more excited to expand Wheeling this summer,” says Traci Hoey, Vice President of Marketing. “Wheeling Town Center is a beautiful center and we can’t wait to bring friends and families together with our new entertainment venue.”
Just in time for highly anticipated summer titles, Bullet Train and Paws of Fury, Cinergy Dine-In Cinemas in Wheeling will be opening mid-July. Cinergy Wheeling will host monthly sensory friendly screenings of family friendly movies for guests with sensory sensitivities. These screenings will feature brightened lights, lowered volume, and more space to move freely in the auditoriums. Cinergy will also host family breakfast events including French toast breakfast, a ticket to a children’s movie, and meet and greets with movie characters.
Cinergy Dine-In Cinemas in Wheeling is currently hiring. Prospective team members can apply for open positions at http://www.cinergy.com/careers. Cinergy Wheeling is located at 401W Dundee Rd in Wheeling Town Center.
Please update, theatre name is AMC Village Crossing 18 as per website and theatre open May 24, 2001, grand opening ad in photos section and total seat 3,583
This location used to have XD in either screen 1 or 2, but AMC is not using Cinemark old PLF and AMC hasn’t installed one of their formats as of today.
Please update, total seats 1,082
Seating Capacity:
Theatre 1 194
Theatre 2 53
Theatre 3 199
Theatre 4 and 9 51
Theatre 5 and 7 176
Theatre 6 52
Theatre 8 and 10 65
Star Cinema Grill Acquires Two Chicago Area IPIC Locations Exhibition News • Boxoffice Staff • January 24 2022 Dine-in cinema company Star Cinema Grill has purchased two former iPic locations in the Chicago suburbs of Chicago suburbs of South Barrington and Bolingbrook, with plans to reopen them both by March, the company announced Monday.
Star Cinema Grill will add premium recliner seats with seat heaters and seat-side food and beverage service to all seats, in all auditoriums. The menus will also be updated to include items like “Everything But The Bagel Hummus,” Southwest Eggrolls, Hand Battered Chicken Tenders, and Strawberry Chicken & Walnut Salad.
Houston-based Star Cinema Grill currently operates nine cinemas in Texas and Illinois.
“We are so excited to add two more fantastic theaters to our chain, and give our Hollywood Palms Cinema brand some sister locations in the Chicago market,” Star Cinema Grill’s Vice President of Development Jason Ostrow said in a press release. “These former iPic’s are a great brand fit and we look forward to getting both locations back open as quickly as possible.”
Please update, open operated by Star Cinema Grill, capacity information Ill post soon.
Please rename the theatre to CMX Old Orchard Luxury and the screen count is 6 and total seats is 401
Seating Capacity:
Theatre 1 94 Dolby Atmos
Theatre 2 80
Theatre 3 48
Theatre 4 52
Theatre 5 25
Theatre 6 102
Please reanem theatre to Classic Cinemas North Riverside XQ and total seats 699
Seating Capacity:
Theatre 1 172
Theatre 2 87
Theatre 3 90
Theatre 4 91
Theatre 5 88
Theatre 6 1711
Please update name to Classic Cinema Lake Theatre XQ and total seating 661
Seating Capacity:
Theatre 1 77
Theatre 2 229 (MAIN)
Theatre 3 48
Theatre 4 57
Theatre 5 64
Theatre 6 70
Theatre 7 116 XQ/DTS:X
Visalia Fox TheatresSNIPES, that not true closed on January 16, 2016. I was going their alot until 2011 before I moved out.
Please rename theatre to Classic Cinemas La Grange XQ, currently the total seats is 306. The theatre is building an additonal 3 screens on the side according to their facebook page schedule to open later this year or next year.
The theatre was twin in 1984, Triplex in 1988 and 4th screen open in 1994. Theatre 5 and 6 open on July 21, 2022
Seating Capacity:
Theatre 1 106 XQ/DTS:X
Theatre 2 46
Theatre 3 37
Theatre 4 47
Theatre 5 and 6 35 seats
Theatre 4, 5 and 6 are upstairs and are stadium seating
Please update the theatre name to Classic Cinemas Elk Gorve XQ and total seats 819
Theatre became a twin on April 17, 1987, On april 10, 1998 as 3 screens, April 17, 1998 as 4 screens, May 1, 1998 as 5 screens, May 8, 1998 as 6 screens, 8 on May 18, 2007 and November 25, 2009 as 10 (Grand Opening ad as 10 in photos section).
Seating Capacity:
Theatre 1 102
Theatre 2 64
Theatre 3 67
Theatre 4 58
Theatre 5 50
Theatre 6 43
Theatre 7 64
Theatre 8 89
Theatre 9 123 XQ/DTS:X
Theatre 10 159 XQ/DTS:X
Please rename Cinergy Wheeling and the seating capacity is
Theatre 1, 3 thru 7 75 seats
Theatre 2 176
Cinergy Entertainment Announces Expansion to Wheeling, IL
Cinergy Entertainment Group, a leader in family entertainment, announces their 10th location, Cinergy Dine-in Cinemas opening in Wheeling, IL. Cinergy Wheeling Dine-Cinemas will feature in-theater dining, luxury recliner chairs, a spacious sports bar and lounge area including pool tables and shuffleboard. The new location will open this summer in Wheeling Town Center.
Cinergy Wheeling Dine-In Cinemas hosts seven state-of-the-art movie theaters featuring luxury recliner seats with swivel tables. Guests are served in the auditorium by wait staff with online ordering for ease of service. Cinergy offers a premium chef-inspired dining menu which includes an extensive bar menu featuring draft beer and craft cocktails. Guests can also enjoy food and drinks in the sports bar lounge. More entertainment attractions will be coming to Cinergy Wheeling in the future.
“We couldn’t be more excited to expand Wheeling this summer,” says Traci Hoey, Vice President of Marketing. “Wheeling Town Center is a beautiful center and we can’t wait to bring friends and families together with our new entertainment venue.”
Just in time for highly anticipated summer titles, Bullet Train and Paws of Fury, Cinergy Dine-In Cinemas in Wheeling will be opening mid-July. Cinergy Wheeling will host monthly sensory friendly screenings of family friendly movies for guests with sensory sensitivities. These screenings will feature brightened lights, lowered volume, and more space to move freely in the auditoriums. Cinergy will also host family breakfast events including French toast breakfast, a ticket to a children’s movie, and meet and greets with movie characters.
Cinergy Dine-In Cinemas in Wheeling is currently hiring. Prospective team members can apply for open positions at http://www.cinergy.com/careers. Cinergy Wheeling is located at 401W Dundee Rd in Wheeling Town Center.
Please update, theatre open on March 5, 1999 and total seating is 1,267
Seating Capacity:
Theatre 1 138
Theatre 2 and 3 78
Theatre 4 136 with DBOX
Theatre 5 201 XD and DBOX
Theatre 6 202 with DBOX
Theatre 7 143
Theatre 8 and 9 77
Theatre 10 137
Please update, theatre name is AMC Village Crossing 18 as per website and theatre open May 24, 2001, grand opening ad in photos section and total seat 3,583
Seating Capacity:
Theatre 1 197 Dolby Cinema at AMC
Theatre 2 168
Theatre 3 169
Theatre 4, 5 and 15 217
Theatre 6, 7, 8 and 9 264
Theatre 10 and 11 146
Theatre 12 and 13 147
Theatre 14 212
Theatre 15 217
Theatre 16 170
Theatre 17 164
Theatre 18 363 IMAX at AMC
Please update, total seats 1,603
Seating Capacity:
Theatre 1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12 and 14 62
Theatre 3 46
Theatre 6, 7, 8, 9, 16, 17 and 19 83
Theatre 13 42
Theatre 15 276 IMAX AT AMC
Theatre 18 80
Theatre 20 82
Please update, total seats 1,812
Seating Capacity:
Theatre 1, 9 and 10 31
Theatre 2 53
Theatre 3 and 4 34
Theatre 5, 8 and 23 49
Theatre 6 71
Theatre 7 and 24 82
Theatre 11 and 20 32
Theatre 12 and 19 45
Theatre 13, 18 and 22 33
Theatr 14 and 17 132
Theatre 15 229 Dolby Cinema at AMC
Theatre 16 439 IMAX at AMC (AMC Love Seats)
Please update, theatre opened November 22, 1996, I created another page for the Randhurst Theatre 4. The theatre was opened by General Cinema
Seating Capacity:
Theatre 1 156
Theatre 2 and 11 125
Theatre 3 78
Theatre 4 107
Theatre 5 and 8 200
Theatre 6 209
Theatre 7 209 XL at AMC
Theatre 9 158
Theatre 10 77
Theatre 12 158
This theatre dosen’t have ETX, they just got the new XL at AMC. Usually ETX is replaced by Dolby, but their no installation at this location.
Showplace Icon Grand opening ad and article in photos section
Please update, total seats 2,798
Seating Capacity:
Theatre 1, 2, 3, 12, 13 and 14 157
Theatre 4 171
Theatre 5 and 6 286
Theatre 7 242 IMAX at AMC
Theatre 8, 9, 10 and 11 218
This is one of the first Cineplex Odeon Stadium seating theatres
Please update, total seats 807
Seating Capacity:
Theatre 1 210
Theatre 2 209
Theatre 3 and 4 119
Theatre 5 79
Theatre 6 71
Please rename, as per website it’s AMC Niles 12
Seating Capacity:
Theatre 1 388 IMAX at AMC
Theatre 2 and 8 374
Theatre 3 and 9 283
Theatre 4 and 10 191
Theatre 5 and 11 148
Theatre 6 143
Theatre 12 129
Please update, total seats 2,293
Seating Capacity:
Theatre 1 334
Theatre 2 387
Theatre 3 105
Theatre 4 and 5 271
Theatre 6 145
Theatre 7 99
Theatre 8 143
Theatre 9 95
Theatre 10 105
Theatre 11 and 169
This location used to have XD in either screen 1 or 2, but AMC is not using Cinemark old PLF and AMC hasn’t installed one of their formats as of today.
Please update, total capacity is 1,306
Seating Capacity:
Theatre 1 153
Theatre 2 123
Theatre 3 226 Dolby Cinema at AMC
Theatre 4 and 5 102
Theatre 6 and 8 69
Theatre 7 and 9 57
Theatre 10 114
Theatre 11 121
Theatre 12 113
Please update, total seats 1,134
Seating Capacity:
Theatre 1 71
Theatre 2 168
Theatre 3 and 4 92
Theatre 5 83
Theatre 6 152
Theatre 7, 11 and 14 56
Theatre 8 and 9 61
Theatre 10 51
Theatre 12 67
Theatre 13 68
Please update, total seats 1,390 and in 1997 Sony Theatres added 6 stadium seating screens.
Seating Capacity:
Theatre 1 and 8 89
Theatre 2 93
Theatre 3 95
Theatre 4, 9, 10 and 11 55
Theatre 5 49
Theatre 6 and 7 91
Theatre 12 117
Theatre 13, 14, 15 and 16 43
Theatre 17 168 Dolby Cinema at AMC
Theatre 18 116