B&B Theatres announced this weekend that it has closed its movie theater on Main Street. Its closure means one fewer first-run movie theater in Kansas City’s core.
Downtown Kansas City is now without a first-run movie theater, after B&B Theatres announced this weekend that it shut down its location in Power and Light, in the historic Main Street theater.
B&B, which is based in Liberty, operated the theater at 1400 Main St. since spring 2021, taking over shortly after the previous operator, Alamo Drafthouse, left the space that same year. As part of its acquisition of the historic theater, B&B Theatres renovated the six-screen theater to include heated recliners, a wall-to-wall screen and Johnnie’s Jazz Bar & Grill downstairs.
Still, it wasn’t enough to keep the business afloat.
In a statement, B&B said it “routinely reviews the theatres in our circuit and makes decisions based on what will best strengthen the Company going forward.”
“After thoughtful review, we have made the decision to exit this location,” B&B said, adding that the company is grateful to patrons for their loyalty and support.
The B&B’s closure follows the shuttering of other theaters in the city’s core over the past decade, including the Cinemark on the Country Club Plaza, which remains closed, and the Tivoli Cinemas in Westport.
Downtown resident Justin Short frequently saw movies at the B&B on Main Street, including big releases like “Wicked” and “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour.” The theater was within walking distance for Short.
“Losing a popular downtown amenity like a movie theater, particularly one in a historic building, is always really frustrating to see,” Short said. “The convenience of being able to watch first-run films in such an iconic location is always so enticing to folks like myself.”
Short said the closure is also a loss for people who ride the Kansas City streetcar, since the theater is right off its Power and Light stop.
Short said the next operator of the building should understand the moviegoing experience that people who live downtown look for, including a full-service restaurant and bar. He also said the space needs improvement, citing out-of-order bathrooms as an example.
“It was just kind of dirty, and you can see that it was not well kept,” Short said. “And those are things that I hope that the next operator understands: that those things do return investment, they do bring people back to the theater.”
Originally built in 1921, the theater on Main Street was formerly known as the Empire Theater. Real estate developer The Cordish Companies, which still owns the building, renovated it as part of its plans to revive downtown Kansas City. National movie theater chain AMC Theatres, which has its headquarters in Leawood, reopened the theater in 2009 before Alamo Drafthouse took over in 2012.
Adam Roberts, who owns the Screenland Armour Theatre in North Kansas City, said it was difficult for a movie theater to succeed downtown.
“Prior to them, there was two other chain theaters in there, and they both closed for the same reasons, which is financial,” Roberts said. “It just didn’t make sense. The business wasn’t there.”
Roberts pointed out that three major theater chains — AMC, Alamo Drafthouse and now B&B Theatres — did not turn that location around.
“Seeing them close is just kind of the norm, unfortunately, for movie theaters these days,” he said. “More theaters every year close than open.”
Roberts said the closure of the B&B downtown could push moviegoers to other locations in the metro, including the Screenland Armour, which is a 9-minute drive away from 1400 Main St.
He said while major movie theater chains, like AMC, are struggling; the Screenland Armour’s business is on the upswing. He attributes that increase to more people looking for an analog experience. He said more people are looking to find “community over convenience.”
“The thing we hear the most from our audience is they come to the theaters to find their community and find like-minded people,” Roberts said. “That doesn’t mean talking or texting during a movie. People come here because they really love the movie experience.”
The capacity information is from the usher private show schedule when I went to this theatre and except for 15 and 16 that were upgraded, they got the original AMC Rockers I posted the show schedule in the photos section a while back ago
By Atlanta News First staff
Published: Feb. 25, 2026 at 8:32 PM CST|Updated: 6 hours ago
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — The IPIC Theaters location in Midtown Atlanta will close, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act filing from Wednesday.
The theater is located in the Colony Square mall in Midtown Atlanta, near Piedmont Park.
The theater will close April 28, affecting 163 employees.
Monday, February 23, 2026
[THAT’S ALL FOLKS] CMX CinéBistro Shutters Third and Final Atlanta Area Theater
CMX CinéBistro has closed its ten screen theater at Halcyon (5180 Town Center Boulevard) in Alpharetta. The theater spanned nearly 38,000 square feet and helped anchor the mixed-use development.
The theater reportedly closed abruptly Sunday but while it has been marked permanently closed on Google and removed from the CMX website, Fandango (via Google) was still showing listings through February 26, but fortunately would not allow payment to be processed.
When it opened on September 27, 2019, it was the third in metro Atlanta for the “dinner & a movie” theater operator, joining locations in TOWN Brookhaven and Peachtree Corners Town Center.
Cinemex Holdings USA, Inc., the parent company of CMX, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy this past July, its second such filing in the past five years. Cinemex Holdings USA is the U.S. division of Mexico City-based Cinemex, one of the largest cinema operators in Latin America.
Each of the location’s ten theaters features curved high-gain screens with Christie Digital 2K projectors, RealD 3D and a digital 7.1 sound system. The theater also featured a full restaurant and bar along with its CMX Stone lobby sportsbar.
The Halcyon CMX had a not-so-stellar 3.2 star rating on Google with more than 1,000 reviews and many recent comments mentioning recurring issues like poor food quality, cleanliness issues, and disappointing service. In total, six of the theater’s ten most recent reviews were one star, with two others awarding two stars.
The TOWN Brookhaven location, the group’s first in the market, opened September 23, 2011. At the onset of the pandemic, it closed temporarily in March 2020, and after CMX filed for bankruptcy the following month, it closed permanently in September 2020.
The Peachtree Corners location opened on March 8, 2019, and closed this past December.
(LOOK Dine-In Cinemas opened in place of the former TOWN Brookhaven CinéBistro November 4, 2022, but while still open, its 31,710 square foot space is actively being marketed for lease.)
The Peachtree Corners location opened on March 8, 2019 and closed this past December.
The closure of CMX CinéBistro’s Peachtree Corners location follows the January 2025 closure of Regal Cinemas Hollywood 24 in Chamblee.
The Atlanta area has lost several other theaters in recent years including Regal Town Center Stadium 16 in Kennesaw, which closed September 27, 2020, Regal Stadium 22 in Austell, which closed June 6, 2023 (it’s becoming a new Rural King), and AMC Fork & Screen, which closed July 14, 2021 after 45 years in business and remains vacant
when i last checked the capacity in smg site, no films were being shown, this was my 2nd check. I’ll check again in a few months to see if i spot seating charts for 4 and 7
B&B Theatres announced this weekend that it has closed its movie theater on Main Street. Its closure means one fewer first-run movie theater in Kansas City’s core.
Downtown Kansas City is now without a first-run movie theater, after B&B Theatres announced this weekend that it shut down its location in Power and Light, in the historic Main Street theater.
B&B, which is based in Liberty, operated the theater at 1400 Main St. since spring 2021, taking over shortly after the previous operator, Alamo Drafthouse, left the space that same year. As part of its acquisition of the historic theater, B&B Theatres renovated the six-screen theater to include heated recliners, a wall-to-wall screen and Johnnie’s Jazz Bar & Grill downstairs.
Still, it wasn’t enough to keep the business afloat.
In a statement, B&B said it “routinely reviews the theatres in our circuit and makes decisions based on what will best strengthen the Company going forward.”
“After thoughtful review, we have made the decision to exit this location,” B&B said, adding that the company is grateful to patrons for their loyalty and support.
The B&B’s closure follows the shuttering of other theaters in the city’s core over the past decade, including the Cinemark on the Country Club Plaza, which remains closed, and the Tivoli Cinemas in Westport.
Downtown resident Justin Short frequently saw movies at the B&B on Main Street, including big releases like “Wicked” and “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour.” The theater was within walking distance for Short.
“Losing a popular downtown amenity like a movie theater, particularly one in a historic building, is always really frustrating to see,” Short said. “The convenience of being able to watch first-run films in such an iconic location is always so enticing to folks like myself.”
Short said the closure is also a loss for people who ride the Kansas City streetcar, since the theater is right off its Power and Light stop.
Short said the next operator of the building should understand the moviegoing experience that people who live downtown look for, including a full-service restaurant and bar. He also said the space needs improvement, citing out-of-order bathrooms as an example.
“It was just kind of dirty, and you can see that it was not well kept,” Short said. “And those are things that I hope that the next operator understands: that those things do return investment, they do bring people back to the theater.”
Originally built in 1921, the theater on Main Street was formerly known as the Empire Theater. Real estate developer The Cordish Companies, which still owns the building, renovated it as part of its plans to revive downtown Kansas City. National movie theater chain AMC Theatres, which has its headquarters in Leawood, reopened the theater in 2009 before Alamo Drafthouse took over in 2012.
Adam Roberts, who owns the Screenland Armour Theatre in North Kansas City, said it was difficult for a movie theater to succeed downtown.
“Prior to them, there was two other chain theaters in there, and they both closed for the same reasons, which is financial,” Roberts said. “It just didn’t make sense. The business wasn’t there.”
Roberts pointed out that three major theater chains — AMC, Alamo Drafthouse and now B&B Theatres — did not turn that location around.
“Seeing them close is just kind of the norm, unfortunately, for movie theaters these days,” he said. “More theaters every year close than open.”
Roberts said the closure of the B&B downtown could push moviegoers to other locations in the metro, including the Screenland Armour, which is a 9-minute drive away from 1400 Main St.
He said while major movie theater chains, like AMC, are struggling; the Screenland Armour’s business is on the upswing. He attributes that increase to more people looking for an analog experience. He said more people are looking to find “community over convenience.”
“The thing we hear the most from our audience is they come to the theaters to find their community and find like-minded people,” Roberts said. “That doesn’t mean talking or texting during a movie. People come here because they really love the movie experience.”
Please Update, total seats 1,340
Seating Capacity:
Theatre 1, 2, 13 and 14 46
Theatre 3 and 12 68
Theatre 4 77
Theatre 5 and 10 95
Theatre 6 and 9 128
Theatre 7 266 IMAX with Laser
Theatre 8 151 Dolby Cinema at AMC
Theatre 11 80
Regal Times Square was supposed to get Screen X, had the sign then took it down, instead the only Regal with 2 4DX houses
The capacity information is from the usher private show schedule when I went to this theatre and except for 15 and 16 that were upgraded, they got the original AMC Rockers I posted the show schedule in the photos section a while back ago
Please update, theatre name is AMC Factoria 8 and total seats is 1,098
Seating Capacity:
Theatre 1 286
Theatre 2 159
Theatre 3 and 5 131
Theatre 4 78
Theatre 6 and 7 87
Theatre 8 139
lease rename theatre to Cinemark Tinseltown USA Kenosha and total seats is 1,100. This theatre has Luxury Loungers.
Seating Capacity:
Theatre 1, 6 and 14 57
Theatre 2 56
Theatre 3, 5 and 9 102
Theatre 4 97
Theatre 7 72
Theatre 8 138
Theatre 10 and 11 73
Theatre 12 59
Theatre 13 55
Theatre was expanded to 6 screens on September 16, 1994
Please update, total seats 414
Seating Capacity:
Theatre 1 and 2 52
Theatre 3 49
Theatre 4 and 6 46
Theatre 5 45
Theatre 7 77
Theatre 8 78
Please update, total seats 819
Theatre 1 288 XQ
Theatre 2 100
Theatre 3 and 4 118
Theatre 5 111
Theatre 6 49
Theatre 7 35
Please update, total seats 521
Seating Capacity:
Theatre 1 301
Theatre 2 64
Theatre 3 44
Theatre 4 69
Theatre 5 43
Please rename theatre to Cinemark Bourbonnais Movies 10 as per Cinemark website and Total seats 512
Seating Capacity:
Theatre 1 48
Theatre 2 and 5 40
Theatre 3 35
Theatre 4 25
Theatre 6 98
Theatre 7 45
Theatre 8 39
Theatre 9 77
Theatre 10 66
By Atlanta News First staff Published: Feb. 25, 2026 at 8:32 PM CST|Updated: 6 hours ago ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — The IPIC Theaters location in Midtown Atlanta will close, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act filing from Wednesday.
The theater is located in the Colony Square mall in Midtown Atlanta, near Piedmont Park.
The theater will close April 28, affecting 163 employees.
Copyright 2026 WANF. All rights reserved
Please rename theatre to Marcus Bistroplex Southridge
Please rename theatre to Marcus Bay Park Cinemas
Please update, CLOSED
Monday, February 23, 2026 [THAT’S ALL FOLKS] CMX CinéBistro Shutters Third and Final Atlanta Area Theater CMX CinéBistro has closed its ten screen theater at Halcyon (5180 Town Center Boulevard) in Alpharetta. The theater spanned nearly 38,000 square feet and helped anchor the mixed-use development.
The theater reportedly closed abruptly Sunday but while it has been marked permanently closed on Google and removed from the CMX website, Fandango (via Google) was still showing listings through February 26, but fortunately would not allow payment to be processed.
When it opened on September 27, 2019, it was the third in metro Atlanta for the “dinner & a movie” theater operator, joining locations in TOWN Brookhaven and Peachtree Corners Town Center.
Cinemex Holdings USA, Inc., the parent company of CMX, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy this past July, its second such filing in the past five years. Cinemex Holdings USA is the U.S. division of Mexico City-based Cinemex, one of the largest cinema operators in Latin America.
Each of the location’s ten theaters features curved high-gain screens with Christie Digital 2K projectors, RealD 3D and a digital 7.1 sound system. The theater also featured a full restaurant and bar along with its CMX Stone lobby sportsbar.
The Halcyon CMX had a not-so-stellar 3.2 star rating on Google with more than 1,000 reviews and many recent comments mentioning recurring issues like poor food quality, cleanliness issues, and disappointing service. In total, six of the theater’s ten most recent reviews were one star, with two others awarding two stars.
The TOWN Brookhaven location, the group’s first in the market, opened September 23, 2011. At the onset of the pandemic, it closed temporarily in March 2020, and after CMX filed for bankruptcy the following month, it closed permanently in September 2020.
The Peachtree Corners location opened on March 8, 2019, and closed this past December.
(LOOK Dine-In Cinemas opened in place of the former TOWN Brookhaven CinéBistro November 4, 2022, but while still open, its 31,710 square foot space is actively being marketed for lease.)
The Peachtree Corners location opened on March 8, 2019 and closed this past December.
The closure of CMX CinéBistro’s Peachtree Corners location follows the January 2025 closure of Regal Cinemas Hollywood 24 in Chamblee.
The Atlanta area has lost several other theaters in recent years including Regal Town Center Stadium 16 in Kennesaw, which closed September 27, 2020, Regal Stadium 22 in Austell, which closed June 6, 2023 (it’s becoming a new Rural King), and AMC Fork & Screen, which closed July 14, 2021 after 45 years in business and remains vacant
Please rename theatre to Flix Brewhouse Carmel as per website
Please rename theatre to Flix Brewhouse Carmel as per website
Theatre 7 has 70MM projection, will show Project Hail Mary next month
Seating Capacity:
Theatre 1, 2, 19 and 20 182
Theatre 3 143
Theatre 4 295
Theatre 5 312 IMAX WITH LASER
Theatre 6 190 Dolby Cinema at AMC
Theatre 7 295 XL at AMC and 70MM DDS
Theatre 8 144
Theatre 9, 10, 13 and 14 181
Theatre 11, 16, 17 and 22 95
Theatre 12, 15, 18 and 21 108
Theatre 25 is equipped for 70MM DDS, it will be showing Project Hail Mary in that format
Seating Capactiy:
Theatre 1, 9, 10,11, 13, 18, 20, 21, 22 and 30 92 seats
Theatre 2, 12, 19 and 29 155 seats
Theatre 3, 4, 27 and 28 106 seats
Theatre 5, 8 23 and 26 186 seats
Theatre 6 240
Theatre 7 288
Theatre 12 and 19 155 seats
Theatre 14 423 seats XL at AMC
Theatre 15 213 seats Dolby Cinema at AMC
Theatre 16 271 seats IMAX with Laser
Theatre 17 422 seats XL at AMC
Theatre 24 160 4DX at AMC
Theatre 25 249 70MM DDS Equiped
Please update, theatre is OPEN and the name is Flix Brewhouse Katy
when i last checked the capacity in smg site, no films were being shown, this was my 2nd check. I’ll check again in a few months to see if i spot seating charts for 4 and 7
Please rename theatre to Marcus O'Fallon Cinemas
Please rename theatre to Cinemark Bourbonnais Movies 10 as per Cinemark website
Please theatre to AMC Springfield 8 as per website