AMC Esquire 7
6706 Clayton Road,
Richmond Heights,
MO
63117
6706 Clayton Road,
Richmond Heights,
MO
63117
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Located in Richmond Heights to the west of St. Louis, MO. Opened on November 8, 1939 with 2,202 seats, this vintage Art Deco style theater was renovated into a seven screen multiplex. Retains vintage charm including an exterior ticket booth. It was closed for renovation in May 2014 and reopened October 17, 2014.
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Take tons of pics & post ‘em when they reopen! God only knows when I’ll get back home to see the redo for myself!
Theatre reopens today, 10/17. http://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/blog/2014/10/take-a-look-at-the-75-year-old-esquire-theatre-s.html?ana=e_du_pub&s=article_du&ed=2014-10-16&u=vUaEtrOpEYSs2NMWZXEu7pe8I7r&t=1413561805
Seating capacity of the Esquire has been drastically reduced by the renovation. Photo captions in the article JAlex linked to says that the big, main screen auditorium now has 270 seats, there are four auditoriums with 100 seats each, and a screening room with 63 seats. The capacity of the seventh auditorium is not given, but as it has to be less than 270 the total capacity of the house now must be less than 1,000, and less than 900 if the seventh auditorium is small enough.
Wow. The room where I saw Jedi, Superman II, and Die Hard in 70MM is now only 270 seats. Just…wow!
Exhibitors have gotten themselves into a situation where they have to re-seat their theaters with bigger seats because they’ve made their customers' butts enormous by peddling those giant tubs of greased popcorn.
Joe: The 2 upstairs screening rooms are 63 seats according to the article.
That would make a total of 796 seats for the whole complex. That’s quite a drop from 2,202.
Does anyone have the dates “The Exorcist” played at this theater?
Thx
Tom
November 8, 1939 grand opening ad in photo section. It was the Theatre of Tomorrow.
Oceantracks, The Exorcist played at the Brentwood, not the Esquire on its opening. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4398979/the_exorcist/
February 4th, 1970 grand opening ad as a 3-plex also in photo section