AMC Roosevelt Collection 16
150 W. Roosevelt Road,
Chicago,
IL
60605
150 W. Roosevelt Road,
Chicago,
IL
60605
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Please update, reopening April 24, 2025 with screens 9 thru 13 oepning. Seating capacity is the same when ICON operated it, they had the same exact recliners AMC uses.
Seating Capacity based on ICON seating charts, Screen 9 thru 13 was verified with the same numbers. Once Dolby and IMAX open, those numbers might change.
Theatre 1 197 Was ICONX with ATMOS
Theatre 2 195 Was ICONX with ATMOS
Theatre 3 66
Theatre 4 71
Theatre 5 90
Theatre 6 111 70MM DTS equipped when ICON operated it
Theatre 7 124
Theatre 8 118
Theatre 9 70
Theatre 10 and 11 72
Theatre 13 88
Theatre 14 126
Theatre 15 126 ATMOS
Theatre 16 116
Theatres 9 thru 13, no change in the numbers based on AMC compared to ICON Seating charts
AMC theater to open in South Loop Friday — with IMAX to come The AMC Roosevelt 16 location will open in the Roosevelt Collection retail complex — replacing the former ShowPlace Icon Theatre that closed last summer. By Cindy Hernandez Apr 23, 2025, 3:30pm CDT AMC Theaters will open its newest theater in the South Loop Friday.
The AMC Roosevelt 16 location will open in the Roosevelt Collection retail complex, replacing the former ShowPlace Icon Theatre that closed last summer.
Tickets are now on sale for shows beginning Friday, the company announced Wednesday. Fourteen of the 16 auditoriums are expected to be open by May 2.
Lee este artículo en español en La Voz Chicago, la sección bilingüe del Sun-Times. la-voz-cover-photo-2.png The theater has power-reclining seats, which guests can reserve ahead of the show. There will also be a full concessions menu and bar serving beer, wine and cocktails, according to AMC.
“The opening of AMC Roosevelt Collection 16 has been eagerly awaited by guests in the Chicago area,” Dan Ellis, executive vice president and chief operations and redevelopment officer at AMC, said in a statement. “We’re excited to provide top-notch amenities and a wide variety of programming to the South Loop community — just in time for some of this year’s biggest blockbuster hits.”
Though not available yet, the theater will add Dolby Cinema and IMAX experiences — offering moviegoers ultra-vivid visuals and wall-to-wall screens. Construction of the Dolby Cinema and IMAX auditoriums will begin in May, the company said.
Both auditoriums are expected to open by the end of summer.
Reopens with 5 screens this Friday. 14 of the 16 screens will be fully operational starting May 2. #1 and #2 are on track to reopen at the end of the summer as a Dolby Cinema and laser IMAX respectively.
Supposedly they’re going to be getting both a Dolby Cinema screen and a true IMAX with Laser screen. I’m thinking the IconX screen is going to be the Dolby Cinema one. No word on whether the IMAX with Laser screen is also going to be 15/70, but I highly doubt it.
So glad that it’s reopening. It’s a great location.
Coming soon:
Chicago, IL: Movie Theater at Roosevelt Collection Returning Soon [Mar 7, 2025]
Link
To reopen as an AMC next year https://www.timeout.com/chicago/news/the-beloved-dine-in-showplace-icon-movie-theater-is-reopening-as-an-amc-111424
All Showplace ICON locations are now closed:
All Kerasotes Locations Closed, Ending 115 Years of Movie Theater History [Jul 2, 2024]
IndieWire’s take on the Kerasotes/Showplace Icon implosion:
https://www.indiewire.com/news/box-office/kerasotes-theater-chain-closes-115-years-in-business-1235021814/
Apparently, it’s not just the Roosevelt Commons location that’s getting shut down. The entire Kerasotes chain is gone now.
And IMHO, while the shooting and other recent incidents at the Roosevelt Commons didn’t help matters, their closing can’t be blamed solely on the misbehavior of its patrons. The entire Kerasotes chain must have been in dire straits for quite a while in order to implode like this.
Final date: June 30, 2024… likely at the lease opt out at the 15-year mark.
Wow, here’s a novel idea
WLS coverage https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-crime-icon-movie-theater-south-loop-shooting-today/13104504/
Chicago Sun-Times coverage
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2023/4/8/23675915/roosevelt-collection-shooting-theater-icon-showplace
On April 8, 2023, two people were taken into custody after shots were fired inside the ICON right after a fight.
Please update, total seats 1729
All seating is now recliners. Too bad.
My wife and I recently had dinner at the LoBBY LOUNGE before seeing ashow here. The food is good and not overpriced. Plus you can eat and drink here even if you’re not seeing a movie.
Technically, it’s run by Kerasotes ShowPlace Icon Theatres formerly operated by Kerasotes Theatres
question: is the Icon-X screen the only auditorium that features Dolby Atmos sound or there additional auditoriums that also feature the sound format?
The interior of the Showplace ICON was designed by the Temecula, California firm STK Architecture, Inc. (formerly STK Architects.) Photos can be seen on the company’s web site. As the theater is part of a large, mixed-use project, the structure itself was apparently designed by one of the other firms involved.
My wife and I went here to see “Sherlock Holmes”. A few things:
1) It’s not bad, but the size of this place makes it overwhelming. It sprawls and it’s very spread out.
2) The parking lot is very confusing. It’s probably the way they had to build it.
Wow. Welcome news for downtown.
It’s a shame a new building had to be built though, when we had all those beautiful theaters sitting there vacant as recent as 25-30 years ago.
Maybe this facility could display some sort of tribute/photo gallery of what the old downtown theaters looked like back in their heyday.
Kerasotes made a new website for its ICON-branded theatre
http://showplaceicon.com/