AMC Roosevelt Field 8

630 Old Country Road,
Garden City, NY 11530

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ridethectrain
ridethectrain on July 28, 2021 at 12:04 pm

The old escalator was to the right side across from theater 2 and it’s now just ada ramps

Marteljr
Marteljr on July 28, 2021 at 10:49 am

Trying to remember the old escelator and where it went and what is in that space now. Walked up to see the old aux consession stand gone.

ridethectrain
ridethectrain on June 3, 2021 at 7:43 pm

@rivest266 When they went to six on December 19, 1986, 2 of the 4 additional screens were open, but the work wasn’t completed until May 22, 1987. The official Grand Opening as 8 screens wasn’t until end of the year, because Loews had to finish the interior lobby construction that they inherited from RKO Century expansion. The 4 additional was a RKO Century Project, prior to the merger. A Grand Opening ad of 8 is already in the photos section.

ridethectrain
ridethectrain on June 2, 2021 at 5:02 pm

I posted the grand opening for 8 screens when Loews finish the work. When it opened as 8, their was construction in the lobby and Loews took over the project. It never was six prior, On june 6, 1986 the balcony cut split and half and the other 4 screens where add on, 2 upper and 2 lower. A few years ago, AMC redesign the complex built escalators to get to all upper theatres.

Also, so happy to see the Newsdays on newspapers.com. I clip a alot from proquest and their site is not user friendly.

rivest266
rivest266 on June 2, 2021 at 3:13 pm

It’s a better quality version. 4 screens on June 6th, 1986, 6 screens on December 19th, 1986, 8 screens on May 22nd, 1987, and taken over by Loew’s on July 31st, 1987. No ads found for these dates.

ridethectrain
ridethectrain on June 2, 2021 at 3:01 pm

grand opening ad was already posted in the photos section

ridethectrain
ridethectrain on March 16, 2021 at 5:58 pm

Please add previous owners RKO Century Warner, Cineplex Odeon and Loews Theatres.

ridethectrain
ridethectrain on January 13, 2020 at 10:57 pm

In the remarks, It wasn’t rebuilt from scratch. The 8 screen complex remained the same, with the exception was the front part of the original Century being extended to make it ADA accessible, and moving the balcony of the theatre redone with entrances in the back and the 1987 extension remained intact.

AMC couldn’t stay open during renovations like other complexes since it didn’t have sections that could of been roped off. This was the same when the AMC Fantasy was renovated..

Please remove which required gutting the entire building. The original building had to be renovated to make it ADA accessible with escalators and move the balcony entrances to the back and removing the staircases from the old entrance. Just part of the building was renovated. Please review my photos.

ridethectrain
ridethectrain on January 13, 2020 at 10:32 pm

This was my first visit since the renovation, all of the 8 screens, no masking. The only screens that are scope screens (masking for FLAT) is theatres 5 (old theatre 3 and former 70MM house balcony) and theatre 8.

The theatre layout is the same prior to the renovation, AMC added 2 escalators to the second floor and theatre 5/6 (former balcony) you enter in the back. It has two men/women restrooms but not enough stalls in the main Men’s room in the lobby.

The sound proofing was poor, I heard the sound from theatre 2 while watching my movie in theatre 1.

The one negative, the sight lines are not great.

AMC removed the auxiliary refreshment stand on the 2nd floor. I posted a few photos of the theatre and I have old photos which I put up a few years ago.

ridethectrain
ridethectrain on January 13, 2020 at 9:59 pm

This was my first visit since the renovation, all of the 8 screens, no masking. The only screens that are scope screens (masking for FLAT) is theatres 5 (old theatre 3 and former 70MM house balcony) and theatre 8.

The theatre layout is the same prior to the renovation, AMC added 2 escalators to the second floor and theatre 5/6 (former balcony) you enter in the back. It has two men/women restrooms but not enough stalls in the main Men’s room in the lobby.

The sound proofing was poor, I heard the sound from theatre 2 while watching my movie in theatre 1.

AMC removed the auxiliary refreshment stand on the 2nd floor. I posted a few photos of the theatre and I have old photos which I put up a few years ago.

ridethectrain
ridethectrain on November 8, 2019 at 6:33 pm

Total capacity, 806 seats. When it was last renovated, AMC installed their Signature Recliners.

ridethectrain
ridethectrain on November 2, 2019 at 4:09 pm

Please update, RKO Century open it as a triplex on April 15, 1983. On June 6, 1986 it became a quad. It became 8 screens on December 19-26, 1986 under RKO Century controlling the theatre. It was taken over by Loews in the summer of 1987 after the Cineplex Odeon take over of RKO Century.

Century Theatres made it a twin sometime in late 1978.

Once I finish my research, I give you the date it became a quad and then eight. Sometime in 1986, RKO Century announced plans to expand it from 3 to 8. It was quad for a short time until the expansion open. The eight plex expansion was by RKO Century before Cineplex Odeon bought the chain. When Loews acquired the theatre on June 19, 1987, they had to finish the interior work that wasn’t finish by RKO Century.

When it was a triplex, the lower theatre split in half and theatre 3 was the balcony. In 1986, it was split in the balcony ¾ for theatre 3 and ¼ for theatre 4. Theatre 5 and 6 was the lower level to the expansion and theatre 7 and 8 were on the 2nd level of the new wing.

When the expansion was done, there was an escalator that took you from the lobby for theatres 7 and 8. Theatres 3 and 4 were not ADA accessible at that time. The capacities in 1987 was Theatre 1 424 Theatre 2 419 Theatre 3 296 Theatre 4 219 Theatre 5 171 Theatre 6 250 Theatre 7 183 Theatre 8 259

After 2015 when AMC put their Signature Recliners, the theatre retain the old century layout but the theatre became fully ADA accessible.

The new capacity are base on AMC RSVP ticketing system: Theatre 1 135 Theatre 2 155 Theatre 3 70 (that was old Theatre 5 on the added space) Theatre 4 111 (that was old Theatre 6 on the added space) Theatre 5 111 (old Theatre 3 balcony, but you now enter in the back of theatre) Theatre 6 47 (old Theatre 4 balcony, but you now enter in the back of theatre) Theatre 7 83 same location as in 1987 Theatre 8 94 same location as in 1987 Source of the redo numbers based on pictures veiw on Yelp, Google and Foursquare Upstairs screens now are fully ADA and has an escaltor built near Theatre 1

I went a few times in the 1980 until 2005. I was their the first weekend when Loews took over control from Cineplex Odeon, the interior work wasn’t finish.

robboehm
robboehm on November 2, 2019 at 9:16 am

Most people don’t remember but, way back when, Loew’s was looking to acquire Century. Didn’t happen. After Century was taken over by Almi, RKO and Cineplex Odeon, Loew’s actually accomplished this only to be wiped out by AMC. Ever notice that the serial management of theaters parallels that of banks?

markp
markp on April 12, 2019 at 7:53 pm

Well there are no projectionists anymore. No one to keep track of bulb useage.

Mike (saps)
Mike (saps) on April 11, 2019 at 10:39 pm

The most comfortable seat and posh appointments don’t mean bupkis if they let the projection bulbs burn down, which indeed they have. They started out nice and bright and now it’s a crapshoot if you can actually see the image as intended by the filmmakers.

jeffpiatt
jeffpiatt on August 30, 2017 at 12:23 am

the location is now the “AMC Roosevelt Field 8”. AMC is currently phasing out the Lowes brand as the locations are upgraded and changed over to one of there 3 current Brands.

Mike (saps)
Mike (saps) on July 21, 2017 at 1:00 am

Since the “extensive renovations” entailed gutting the building to its walls and rebuilding from scratch, an updated introduction is necessary…

Comfortably Cool
Comfortably Cool on November 22, 2016 at 12:12 pm

Century’s Roosevelt Field first opened to the public on August 29h, 1962, with a gala charity event the night before. An ad has been posted in the Photos Section. Seating capacity for the single screen cinema was reported as 1,700.

DavidZornig
DavidZornig on November 9, 2016 at 8:50 am

1963 marquee photo added courtesy of Al Ponte’s Time Machine – New York Facebook page.

theatrefan
theatrefan on July 14, 2016 at 10:12 am

They also probably figure that their targeted audience of millennials will look everything up on their smartphones & will not even look up to see what titles are listed on the marquee of the theatre. Unfortunately it’s not just AMC as Cineplex is also doing the same thing up in Canada as they are renovating the older Famous Players Multiplexes they have owned since 2005.

robboehm
robboehm on July 8, 2016 at 7:06 pm

Also they’ve probably reserved seats. Are not the pylons still maintained at the entrances to the mall?

Scott Neff
Scott Neff on July 8, 2016 at 1:12 pm

With the longevity of films it’s fairly unnecessary to advertise what’s playing. If it’s a first run theatre they’re playing all the new movies. Granted at an 8-plex they may not have ALL the new movies, they have most of them.

Besides — most people don’t just show up without already knowing what’s playing. They’ve checked showtimes on the internet and decided that this theatre is the one they’re going to at a certain time.

RobertR
RobertR on July 7, 2016 at 12:17 pm

Can someone who works or has worked at AMC explain the thinking behind no titles on marquees or on the building? All the free advertising, I used to drive by and see something was playing and go see it. I just don’t get it. As a former theater manager the marquee was so important, we even used to cram the next attractions up there when we could.

robboehm
robboehm on December 29, 2015 at 10:06 am

So what’s it like after the long reno?