As AMC movie theaters reopen amid COVID-19, its Rock Hill site won’t be one of them.
AMC Theatres reopens more than 100 U.S. locations on Thursday, and about 300 more sites in the next two weeks.
It’s Rock Hill site won’t be one of them.
According to the AMC company website, the Rock Hill theater has closed. The site now directs moviegoers to nearby locations in Pineville and Charlotte. It directs users who have AMC Classic Rock Hill 7 as their home theater for a rewards program to select another theater.
The Rock Hill theater doesn’t appear on an AMC listing of its theaters, by when they will reopen.
AMC Theatres spokesman Ryan Noonan told the Observer last week that the permanent closure was a business decision. “While that occurred during the shutdown, it is not necessarily due to COVID,” he said.
Immediate attempts to obtain comment from the theater group were unsuccessful.
The 2150 Cherry Road theater site is almost five acres. County records show the more than 22,000-square-foot theater, expanded to add screens over time, as a 1982 construction. Records show a Charlotte ownership group with a lease to the Kansas-based theater company.
While a reason for the closing isn’t listed on the AMC website, a second quarter earnings report issued earlier this month notes considerable impact from COVID-19 which shut down domestic and international theaters.
Adam Aron, CEO and President of AMC commented,
“It should be no surprise to anyone that with our operations shut the world over, and almost no revenues coming in the door, this was the most challenging quarter in the 100-year history of AMC,” president and CEO Adam Aron said in a release with the earnings report.
A company spokesperson told the Charlotte Observer that the closure was a business decision and is “not necessarily due to COVID.”
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This story was originally published August 20, 2020 at 10:53 AM.
