AMC Classic Allentown 16
1700 Catasauqua Road,
Allentown,
PA
18109
1700 Catasauqua Road,
Allentown,
PA
18109
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chip26 AMC said it close the 4/28/2024 the Theater is still open and showing films as of now. while the Theater has a less than idel plot it’s technically part of the shopping center on Catasauqua Rd it’s connected to the same side plot’s that the former Friendly’s and the Red Roof Inn were and looks to have been built on what was the Shopping center’s construction staging plot since you have to drive up a curved ramp to get in and hope that the Theater has the logo lit under the neon red arrow. they reallyt should have done the gold circle with neon AMC letters treatment to replace that carmike sign. hopfully the owners of the strip mall stil want a theater and shop for a new operator.
https://www.wfmz.com/article_7b5e8f84-00c6-11ef-94a7-17c1339bb8ab.html sniped in the article by WFMZ 69 but we have quotes “The manager could not share more information, including a reason for the upcoming closure, and an AMC spokesperson did not immediately return a message seeking comment.” Apparently corporate did not inform the manager why the location is being cut. but later in the article the neighbors Primo Produce are already lobbying the local government to let them aquire the site to expand there operations ironicaly the company is owned by George Paxos the founder of Paxos Restaurants, which includes local restaurants such as Blue Grillhouse in Bethlehem Township and Melt, Top Cut and Torre in Upper Saucon Township
It looks like it will not remain a movie theater. https://www.wfmz.com/features/eat-sip-shop/lehigh-valley-movie-theater-set-to-close-this-weekend/article_7b5e8f84-00c6-11ef-94a7-17c1339bb8ab.html?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3_LL-T-M3YfjhjltI0zs8kNpY2VETVgLK0LI1SEo5–PdnOQ5qzmV7fsU_aem_AWWNdss3QQktO0PaFbIZVan-htVNO4Q3JpGJsAzAef0Ir1iL82NkjB2fFP4RdVwqwqL62g7s4daCmenwtmV9Yq8H
Maybe Cinemark might take it over.
Well, 25 year lease must be up. I don’t see anyone being interested in it going forward.
Theater is closing on April 28th!
new pictures up of the theater the signs have been updated to AMC Neon
AMC has re-branded this location as the AMC CLASSIC Allentown 16 https://www.amctheatres.com/movie-theatres/philadelphia/amc-classic-allentown-16
The theater got it’s new door decals' up and more of the Carmike signage has been removed. The road side sign has the playing films no longer posted on it just a notice to check AMC theaters website for show times. I expect that once the new AMC neon arrives it will get replaced by a AMC logo with the golden circles background.
AMC has the advantage of actually working on full theater rehabilitation currently. New vision is basically the Carmike management who didn’t move to AMC restarting digiplex. Regal only seems to be doing single auditorium remodels to add RPX to locations.
True, Center Valley is much nicer. Carmike certainly built a bunch along the lines of the Allentown location all over the country. I think that was a holdover from the Martin days, when they were Martin they had the same twin floor plan all over the south. I was never a huge AMC fan but Carmike really slipped into a “build it then run it into the ground” kind of operation.
Rstewart I agree if they have to pick one to renovate first the Allentown 16 should be the first to get gutted and refit to the “AMC amazing” spec. Center Valley is in better shape just due to it not being an carmike by build.
a lot of the former carmikes seem to be delayed in getting upgraded beyond the flexible signs.
Visited yesterday and it is unchanged from the Carmike days with the exception of some AMC logo stuff posted here and there(with plenty of Carmike still visible). Nothing special except dim projection. In desperate need of renovation, but I don’t expect to see AMC dump much in to it. Terrible location, the boys from Columbus must have agreed to the location from looking at a picture! Wish the Newvisions had not been sold out…
Since it’s an AMC now, expect renovations to make it more like an AMC and less a Carmike.
This theater opened with separate Box Office booth’s inside the vestibule but a later renovation by Carmike removed the box office and customer service desk and combined them with the Concession stand. The old external box office shells were converted to flat windows with signs telling guests where to buy tickets.
This opened as Carmike 16 on May 19th, 1999. Grand opening ad in the photo section.