AMC Elkhart 14
2701 Cassopolis Street,
Elkhart,
IN
46514
2701 Cassopolis Street,
Elkhart,
IN
46514
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Previously operated by: Carmike Cinemas, GKC Theatres
Previous Names: Encore Park Cinemas, Encore Cinemas
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Originally the independently operated Encore Park Cinemas. It was taken over by the GKC chain on July 15, 1990. It was later the Encore Cinemas under Carmike. Since 2016, the theater has been part of the AMC chain as the AMC Elkhart 14. It was closed on December 18, 2023.
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Elkhart, IN: AMC Classic Elkhart 14 Closed [Dec 18, 2023]
An article in the 7/15/1990 edition of The South Bend Tribune reported that the Millers, a local family that operated theatres in Elkhart had just sold their operations to GKC Theatres. The transaction included GKC assuming the lease of this theatre.
Opened on July 1, 1988 as Miller Theater’s Encore Park 1, 2 & 3 Theatres with “Willow,” “The Great Outdoors,” and “Big Business.” It was considered stage 1 of a larger build out and had 745 total seats. GKC purchased the venue in July 1990 and they finished Stage 2 relaunching as the Encore Park Cinemas on October 25, 1991 now with 1,143 seats. On August 14, 2004, GKC then finished Stage 3 with the theatre hitting a megaplex-era appropriate 14 auditoriums.
In 2005, Carmike bought the GKC branded locations and this one became the Carmike Encore Park 14. In 2016, AMC purchased Carmike Theatres. AMC briefly ran it under the AMC Elkhart 14 moniker until its corporate office announced a new branding of the inherited Kerasotes, Starplex and Carmike venues - ones most not likely getting upgrades - as AMC Classic locations. Here, the ‘plex became the AMC Classic Elkhart 14 in February of 2017.
The AMC Classic Elkhart 14 closed along with virtually all hardtop theaters on March 16, 2020 for the COVID-19 pandemic. It reopened on August 30, 2020. Stages Four and Five of the venue’s lifecycle were completed when AMC closed here with a lump of coal on December 18, 2023. After an auction in 2024 that raised very little capital, stage 5 was completed in February of 2025 with the theater’s demolition.