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42 AMC Theaters To Reopen In Illinois This Month: See Where
AMC Theatres is set to reopen dozens of its cinemas in Illinois as coronavirus restrictions begin to loosen around the state.
![Five of the seven theaters reopening Friday are in Chicago, with the others in Rockford and Carbondale, the company said in a news release.](https://patch.com/img/cdn20/users/24075954/20210122/110137/styles/patch_image/public/theaterseats___22105619272.jpg)
ILLINOIS — AMC Entertainment is set to reopen seven of its Illinois movie theaters Friday, with dozens more to reopen by the end of next week, as coronavirus-related restrictions start to loosen around the state.
Five of the seven theaters reopening Friday are in Chicago, with the others in Rockford and Carbondale, the company said in a news release. Nearly three dozen more AMC theaters in Illinois are set to reopen next Friday, Jan. 29, according to the company’s schedule.
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AMC's theaters will have 25 percent capacity limits, and guests will be required to wear masks and practice social distancing inside. AMC said it is using its “Safe & Clean” program to protect guests amid the coronavirus pandemic by spacing out moviegoers within theaters, cleaning screening rooms between showings and disinfecting theaters each night.
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Theaters reopening Jan. 22
- AMC Market Square 10
- AMC CLASSIC Morris 10
- AMC CLASSIC Peru Mall 8
- AMC Streets of Woodfield 20
- AMC Crestwood 18
- AMC University Place 8 — Carbondale
- AMC Rockford 16
Theaters reopening Jan. 29 in the Chicago area
- AMC DINE-IN 600 North Michigan 9
- AMC DINE-IN Block 37
- AMC Chicago Ridge 6
- AMC Cicero 14
- AMC Ford City 14
- AMC New Lenox 14
- AMC Galewood Crossing 14
- AMC Lake In The Hills 12
- AMC Niles 12
- AMC Norridge 6
- AMC DINE-IN Northbrook Court 14
- AMC Oakbrook Center 12
- AMC Oakbrook Center 4
- AMC Quarry 14
- AMC Randhurst 12
- AMC River East 21
- AMC DINE-IN Rosemont 12
- AMC South Barrington 24
- AMC Village Crossing 18
- AMC DINE-IN Yorktown 18
Theaters reopening Jan. 29 outside the Chicago area
- AMC CLASSIC Normal 14 — Bloomington
- AMC CLASSIC Illinois Centre 8
- AMC CLASSIC Village Mall 6 — Danville
- AMC CLASSIC Galesburg 8
- AMC CLASSIC Mattoon 10
- AMC CLASSIC Mount Vernon 8
- AMC CLASSIC Grand Prairie — Peoria
- AMC CLASSIC Sunnyland 10 — Washington
- AMC CLASSIC Quincy 6
- AMC Machesney Park 14
- AMC CLASSIC Sauk Valley 8
- AMC Champaign 13
- AMC CLASSIC Decatur 10
- AMC CLASSIC Springfield 12
- AMC Springfield 8
- AMC Hawthorn 12
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