OK OK OK OK….lets get this all straight here. let me 1st state who i am. My name is Brian and i ran the morton grove theatre for the last 4 years it was open. let me tell you really what happened. sit down and listen….1st of all the morton grove theatre was a family owned business and called Value Theatres. They also had 7 other theatres in the chicago land area including a 1st run theater that charged a normal $8 to get in. Out of all the other theatres, the mortong grove theatre was the #1 theatre. So, what does that mean? money was not an issue jayne2. The theatre was the 1st building to go into that complex with a handy andy. They took the handy andy and turned it into 6 retail stores. the owner of the property realized that retail payed more than we did so what they did was they renovated the whole lot. paved the ground, gave a new facelift. but left us alone. we had problem with the plumbing, the roof, and the parking lot they never re-paved. we had 7 years left on our lease. they ran us out. that place was a landmark it was a great place to be. money was no issue, we had plenty of staff and it was $1.75 a ticket $1 tuesdays. NEVER did 1st runs…nwo when you drive passed there you see a shoe carnival with 3 cars in the parking lot. we were the hottest thing in morton grove…we sold out all movies friday,saturday, and sundays no matter what condition it was outside they lined up to TJ maxx to get a ticket on a saturday night and if you ever went, you know what im talkin about…i think thats it. MGT 4 Life!
OK OK OK OK….lets get this all straight here. let me 1st state who i am. My name is Brian and i ran the morton grove theatre for the last 4 years it was open. let me tell you really what happened. sit down and listen….1st of all the morton grove theatre was a family owned business and called Value Theatres. They also had 7 other theatres in the chicago land area including a 1st run theater that charged a normal $8 to get in. Out of all the other theatres, the mortong grove theatre was the #1 theatre. So, what does that mean? money was not an issue jayne2. The theatre was the 1st building to go into that complex with a handy andy. They took the handy andy and turned it into 6 retail stores. the owner of the property realized that retail payed more than we did so what they did was they renovated the whole lot. paved the ground, gave a new facelift. but left us alone. we had problem with the plumbing, the roof, and the parking lot they never re-paved. we had 7 years left on our lease. they ran us out. that place was a landmark it was a great place to be. money was no issue, we had plenty of staff and it was $1.75 a ticket $1 tuesdays. NEVER did 1st runs…nwo when you drive passed there you see a shoe carnival with 3 cars in the parking lot. we were the hottest thing in morton grove…we sold out all movies friday,saturday, and sundays no matter what condition it was outside they lined up to TJ maxx to get a ticket on a saturday night and if you ever went, you know what im talkin about…i think thats it. MGT 4 Life!