Cinema 8 Lansing
16621 Torrence Avenue,
Lansing,
IL
60438
16621 Torrence Avenue,
Lansing,
IL
60438
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Previously operated by: Carmike Cinemas, Loews Cineplex, M & R Theatres, NewVision Theatres, Sony Theatres
Previous Names: River Run Theater, Lansing Cinema 8, Digiplex Lansing 8
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This cinema was operated by the M & R chain when it opened on July 29, 1988. It was later taken over by Loews/Sony Theaters in the early-1990’s.
In the late-1990’s Loews/Cineplex closed the theater because of bankruptcy issues.
The former River Run has recently been acquired by new owners, who have renovated and remodeled the eight-plex and are have reopened the theater, showing first-run films, renamed the Lansing Cinema 8. It was taken over by Carmike in September 2014. By 2016 it had been renamed Digiplex Lancing 8. It was taken over by NewVision Theatres and was closed on March 16, 2020 due to the Covid-19 Pandemic. The closure was made permanent on July 13, 2020 when NewVision Theatres went out of business.
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The website is now http://www.lansingcinema8.com/
Does Jenco still operate this theatre?
I do not remember River run theatre being open in the 1980’s as the landings opened in 1985 and did not have a theatre as yet. i do remember River run opening in the early 90’s. I use to walk in the same field this theatre is in to get to Wards and Service Merchandise. I watched as they built this theatre.
Saw a lot of movies here in the 80’s and early 90’s.
According to this theater’s website, effective September 26, 2014, it is now a Carmike Cinema.
August 5th, 1988 grand opening ad in photo section
Now called the Digiplex Lansing 8.
Starting today 12 hours from now Cinema 8 will no longer Carmike’s ownership, as a new owner New Vision Theaters will take over. I will upload some photos I took yesterday at the cinema after I saw Kong, including a photo with a paper notice about ownership changes taped inside the theater for moviegoers to see.
Website of new vision theaters
http://www.newvisiontheatres.com/index.html
M&R Theatres launched the River Run Theatres 8 here July 29, 1988 with 70mm projection. Just two months later, M&R was sold to Loews and the venue became the M&R Loews River Run Theatres 8 briefly until the M&R logo was removed. The venue closed with Loews in financial trouble in May of 2001.
Lansing Theatre Management took on the venue with a major refresh to the plans of Edwin H. Lugowski and AIA Architects. It reopened on November 19, 2004. The building’s facade had the curiously redundant name of Cinema 8 Cinema although its official name was the Lansing Cinema 8. Digital Cinema Destinations Corp. managed the theatre for years. Carmike acquired the venue in its May 2014 purchase of Digital Cinema Destinations. When AMC bought Carmike in 2016, it had to divest itself of the Lansing Cinema for competitive reasons. New Visions came in to become the Lansing Cinema 8 Cinema’s final operator.
When New Visions' Cinema 8 Cinema closed on March 16, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, operator New Visions went out of business months later. In September of 2020, AMC reclaimed 10 New Visions theaters - 6 divested from the Carmike Circuit to New Visions and 4 others… but not the Lansing which sat month after month and year after year waiting for new life. All 3,500 seats in the 8-screen venue went unused as the facility remained in a time vacuum for more than four years.
In Fall of 2024, new buyers came in with plans to gut the building and found that everything was shockingly still in place including four year old concessions, gaming equipment, soda machines full of syrup, exterior and interior posters all in place, and auditoriums labeled with the New Vision’s last showings of films including “The Way Back,” “I Still Believe” and “Onward.“ Had it not been for the mold and the film’s DCP playdate expiries, I still believe they could have started the venue up one more time to see if that was the way back. Sadly, they decided to move onward.