Regal Webster Place 11
1471 W. Webster Avenue,
Chicago,
IL
60614
1471 W. Webster Avenue,
Chicago,
IL
60614
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Cinemark Fan and Life’s Too Short,
I believe that M&R briefly had the Esquire shortly before Sony-Loews took over. Am I correct on that one?
Last I heard the Evanston Theatres were still standing, although somewhat neglected and supposedly headed for demolition. The Portage on Milwaukee Avenue was M&R for a number of years. So was the Oriental on Randolph Street.
Well, River Run is another M&R theater that’s still around. But it’s called Lansing Cinema 8, and it looks different now.
Are this place and the Norridge the last two remaining former M&R theatres in Chicagoland?
Here are photos of this theater.
I was in here tonight to see THE DEPARTED. This was the first time I’d been here since Keresotes took over. The place seems a little cleaner, and better movies seem to be booked. But the movie was 15 minutes late in starting.
This theatre should be updated. It is now a Kerasotes Theatre.
If ‘AMC Loews Webster Place 11’ & ‘AMC City North 14’ REALLY ARE open under Keresotes, what are they now Named? I can’t seem to locate them, at Yahoo; nor was a general search for their old Names, & “Keresotes” rewarding.
OOPS! I finally found something: Kerasotes City North 14 … (773) 394-1600 … District: Bucktown … 2600 North Western Avenue, Chicago, IL 60647 … http://www.kerasotes.com.. ; &: Kerasotes Webster Place 11 … 1471 W. Webster Ave., Chicago, IL 60614 … 1-773-327-1314. Found on Yelp, & Fandango, respectively. Fandango has Movie info for both Chicago theatres. Or, use their own Website.
Life’s too Short:
My assumption is that Keresotes won’t wreck this theatre. The company has had a lot of experience. It first entered the Chicagoland Area via the suburbs and has done okay with those properties. Although there will probably be “teething problems” during this transition period, but that is normal in cases like this.
Speaking of Kerasotes, I’ve heard from a good source that Showplace 16 at Naperville Crossings opens this Friday. Soon after that, Kerasotes will open Showplace 14 at Hawthorne Works and Showplace 12 at Golf Mill. I might come here and visit Webster Place next week to see how’s everything coming.
I was back at the gym again last night. The Keresotas employees look pretty lame compared to the AMC staff(based on how they were dressed). The Loews signs have been torn down and not replaced. So there are ugly black marks on the bulding. The electrical signs in the box office aren’t working. So they had Microsoft Word printouts displaying all the show times hanging from the eletrical signs.
I’ll admit that they may need more time to get settled. But my first impression is that they wandered into the big city from the corn fields and bought a cinema. Hope they don’t wreck the Webster Place. I’ve always liked it.
Humm, interesting Paul. I wanna go to their Showplace 12 in Bolingbrook pretty soon, and then I’d like to go to the Showplace at Golf Mill when that opens. And I’ve been here(Webster Place) before on the 9 Ashland bus. Boy I don’t wanna do that again because, a fight broke out between a man and woman. The woman won.
Cinemark Fan,
Keresotas used to run small theatres in the midwest. Keresotas had the Towne in Chillicothe, IL. In Quincy, IL they had the Adams, the State, and the Washington. I’ve been in all of these many years ago. I believe only the Towne remains a cinema and is currently part of the Reynolds Cinema chain.
Soxfan,
You are right about it being reasonably close to those two bus lines. The main transportation complaint I’ve heard about this place is that it is a bit of a distance from the nearest L stop. If one is coming from downtown, the north or northwest side, then the Metra is a good way to go, particularly in rush hours.
I have to correct you Paul. There are 2 bus stops closer than the Metra station. Take the Fullerton bus to southport(near the Burger King) and walk a couple of blocks south or take the Ashland bus to Webster and walk one block east across the Chicago River bridge.
I’ll be here ASAP. I’ve never been to a Kerasotes theater and I like to see how they do things in terms of staff and etc…
I was just at the Bally Total Fitness next door tonight. They appear to be cleaning and stocking the place. Staff members are outside telling the customers that the theatre will reopen tomorrow.
Starting tomorrow, the Webster Place (along with the City North 14)will be a Kerasotes theatre. If the Kerasotes chain is anything like AMC or Century theatres, I’ll be satisfied.
I should say that the Target store will be at the corner of Broadway & Wilson, the site of a former CTA rail yard. The complex was to have been called “Wilson Yards.”
Per a 2/28/06 article in CRAINS CHICAGO BUSINESS, Keresotas Theatres has abandoned its plan to build atop a new Target store. They cited the cost as being too high. Instead, the chain will try to acquire the City North 14 and the Webster Place from AMC/Loews.
Here is the article
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Here is an article from the theater’s opening
I sure hope Village does not pick this theater up. They should focus on cleaning up their current theaters like the Village North and Village Art before they pick up another cinema. Not to mention any theater Village seems to acquire they seem to run completely into the ground. They just don’t care. See the Burnham Plaza, Water Tower Place and the Biograph.
It would be a shame to have this place close. Admittedly, some of the lustre has worn off of this theatre. But it could be made good again. It’s in a popular location, close to restaurants and bars and there’s a Barnes & Noble in the same strip mall. The only thing is it’s not on a bus line nor close to the L, but a METRA stop (Clybourn) is only about 4 blocks away.
Considering their recent take-over of the Lincoln Village, this would be a good theatre for Village to take over.
This is one of ten theatres that AMC and Loews are selling off as part of their merger, to satisfy antitrust concerns. See this news item for more information and discussion.
They don’t seem to use fresh popcorn here. Apparently, it is popped elsewhere and placed in warmers. Also the movie choices here seem to be a little pedestrian.
Still, it’s a good place to see the latest blockbuster.