Randhurst 16 Theaters
101 E. Euclid Avenue,
Mount Prospect,
IL
60056
101 E. Euclid Avenue,
Mount Prospect,
IL
60056
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The Randhurst Theater opened at the mall of the same name in 1968, originally a single screen theater. In the early-1980’s, it was twinned, and a few years later, two more screens were added. The theater was operated by General Cinema. The theater closed in the mid-1990’s.
AMC built a new, sixteen screen megaplex at the mall in 1996, which replaced the old fourplex.
The Randhurst 16 Theaters was closed April 21, 2011, and was demolished in the summer of 2011.
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Well, it’s a soft opening, to get the kinks out before it actually opens. They did the same yesterday. First show was The Godfather, I was among 20 other people in that show. They also did Inception, The Dark Knight, The Hangover, and The Blues Brothers. I guess they had people vote on which ones to show, too. I don’t know that I’ve seen a theatre offer a free sneak peek like that, but isn’t that a good idea, so if something goes wrong, the patrons aren’t losing out?
And what’s the point of seeing Avatar not on the big screen? After all, they did the re-release after it was already out on Blu-ray.
They have a few more preview days coming up- http://www.amctheatres.com/randhurst12/
Meanwhile, the Randhurst 16 closes tonight, and the last scheduled show is “Insidious”.
Oh, they added more showtimes up through April 28.
The soft opening part I get. But I think they could’ve done a more exciting promotion. Let’s say they paid admission for everyone that showed up for a few first run movies, and advertised enough to get the word out in the community. The buzz and goodwill generated by something like that would be well worth a day’s losses.
The theatre in fact closed yesterday, the final film was a 5:30 show of (ugh) Atlas Shrugged.
What were the other preview movies besides “The Godfather”, “Inception”, “The Dark Knight”, “The Hangover”, “Avatar” and “The Blues Brothers at the new AMC Randhurst 12?
Those were all the first-day ones. They might have done a few others during the week.
The 16 is already half-demolished.
Take advantage of the new photo abilities and take some photos of it half demolished.
Status: Demolished
This is wrong. It opened in 1996. November 22nd 1996 to be exact. I know as I worked there the first day.