{"id":259461,"date":"2026-08-25T04:43:56","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T04:43:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/25\/amc-theatres-is-shutting-down-new-york-citys-second-biggest-amc-movie-theater-multiplex\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T04:43:56","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T04:43:56","slug":"amc-theatres-is-shutting-down-new-york-citys-second-biggest-amc-movie-theater-multiplex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/25\/amc-theatres-is-shutting-down-new-york-citys-second-biggest-amc-movie-theater-multiplex\/","title":{"rendered":"AMC Theatres Is Shutting Down New York City\u2019s Second Biggest AMC Movie Theater Multiplex"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption><span class=\"copyright\">Getty<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The second-biggest <a href=\"\/tags\/amc-theatres\/\" class=\"celebrity-tag-link\"><strong class=\"celebrity-tag-strong\">AMC Theatres<\/strong><\/a> multiplex in New York City is shutting down at the end of the year. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>AMC Kips Bay 15<\/strong>, located at 31st Street and 2nd Avenue, will go out of business when 2026 comes to a close due to a contractual issue with the property owner. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe expect that AMC Kips Bay 15 will continue operating until the end of 2026, at which time the theatre will close following the property owner\u2019s decision to exercise its contractual right to terminate the theatre\u2019s lease before its scheduled expiration,\u201d an AMC spokesperson told<em><a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2026\/film\/news\/amc-kips-bay-closing-new-york-movie-theater-1236841776\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Variety<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The statement continued, \u201cSince its opening in 1999, the theatre has been an important part of the Kips Bay community and surrounding neighborhoods, providing guests with a place to enjoy the magic of the movies together. AMC took over operations of AMC Kips Bay 15 in 2006, and we are immensely grateful to our guests for their loyalty and support throughout the years. Details are still being finalized, and a formal closure date will be announced in the coming months. At this time, we have no additional information to share.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AMC Empire 25 is currently the largest AMC venue in the city and Kips Bay followed in second place. The 34th Street theater will now take second place. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The CEO of AMC just sent out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/08\/21\/amc-ceo-warns-scalped-movie-tickets-will-be-canceled-what-buyers-need-to-know\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a message to people scalping movie tickets<\/a> to in-demand screenings. <\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/08\/25\/amc-theatres-is-shutting-down-new-york-citys-second-biggest-amc-movie-theater-multiplex\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AMC Theatres Is Shutting Down New York City&#8217;s Second Biggest AMC Movie Theater Multiplex<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Just Jared &#8211; Celebrity News and Gossip | Entertainment<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/08\/25\/amc-theatres-is-shutting-down-new-york-citys-second-biggest-amc-movie-theater-multiplex\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getty The second-biggest AMC Theatres multiplex in New York City is shutting down at the end of the year. AMC Kips Bay 15, located at 31st Street and 2nd Avenue, will go out of business when 2026 comes to a close due to a contractual issue with the property owner. \u201cWe expect that AMC Kips [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":259462,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-259461","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-lifestyle"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=259461"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259461\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/259462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=259461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=259461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=259461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}