I also went there with my friends a lot and there were just so many memories associated there.” “I’ve always enjoyed seeing some of my friends and peers there as well. “I think this theater played a really large role in my life because it was so close to my house so my family would go there when we wanted to see a movie,” Tuvilleja adds. Current teenagers in particular grew up going to this theater frequently. I have been watching movies at home instead of going out.”īefore the shutdown, many Lemont and Woodridge residents created memories throughout their childhood, adolescence and adulthood.

“Not that I don’t want to, I just haven’t thought about going. “I haven’t gone to a theater since COVID started,” Megan Hendry said. “Because of the pandemic, I’m kind of apprehensive towards going to movie theaters because one, it’s not really six feet apart and two, we stopped going because my mom’s very high risk and we don’t want to risk her health” Kaitlyn Tuvilleja, a Woodridge resident said. This may have been the last straw for the theater, as the continued shut down cost them vital revenue.Īlong with AMC, several other theater companies are feeling the harsh effects of the pandemic due to changing opinions among people on what safety in public looks like. The closure was supposed to last until June, but with the cases still rising, was delayed until August. On March 16, AMC announced the temporary closure of several Chicagoland theaters, including Woodridge, Lombard, Naperville, Oakbrook and Rosemont.įollowing these closures, the company announced in June that they had “substantial doubts” the Woodridge location would be able to survive the pandemic. This closure marks the latest victim of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has been shutting down local businesses both temporarily and permanently since March 2020.

The AMC Woodridge-18 theatre was located at 10000 Woodward Avenue in Woodridge, Il, and had a 21 year run following it’s opening day of March 12th, 1999. On Sunday, November 8, AMC Woodridge announced that it’s doors would be closing permanently following the showing of its final movie.

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