Last October, Studio Movie Grill filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy. One documentary that was screened was Maya Angelou’s “And Still I Rise.” It was followed by a live panel discussion featuring award-winning writer Rosalind Cummings-Yeates, digital media producer La’Keisha Gray-Sewel, and BWC co-founder and program director Floyd Webb. The Chatham location also screened Black documentaries from Black World Cinema (BWC). The facility hosted birthday parties and special events that included disc jockeys and live entertainment. The facility also included a dining area with a full bar that served food, cocktails and tasty, non-alcoholic drinks. Located off the Dan Ryan Expressway, the facility includes 1,400 luxury seats in 14 stadium-style auditoriums. Patrons ordered the foods from their lounge-style leather luxury seats in the theater. Instead of traditional snacks like hot dogs and candy, the theatre offered a big menu that had workers deliver foods like coconut shrimp, barbeque chicken, flatbread pizza to patrons as they viewed movies on the big screen. With its massive full-service bar and theater dine-in service, Studio Movie Grill in Chatham became a popular attraction since it completed a multi-million-dollar renovation in 2017. Posters of the March 2020 movies “Sonic Hedgehog,” as well as “The Photograph” and “Bloodshot,” featuring Vin Diesel, still line the walls of the facility’s interior entrance. Today, the facility and parking lot remain empty. Last summer, the parking lot of the Chatham location was used as a COVID-19 facility. cities that imposed similar COVID-19 restrictions to prevent the spread of the disease. The Chatham location was among many Studio Movie Grill facilities in U.S. Pritzker issued a statewide stay-at-home order during the pandemic. temporarily closed in March 2020 days after Governor J.B.
We will share updates publicly as we have them available.”Ī former manager of SMG in Chatham told the Crusader that employees last November were given a letter, informing them of the facility’s permanent closure. “All SMG theaters remain under review, but SMG Chatham isn’t currently part of our re-opening plan,” said Lynne McQuaker, senior director of public relations and outreach for Studio Movie Grill. “Whenever possible, it’s our intent to reopen these shuttered theaters. Chatham’s Studio Movie Grill, the luxury entertainment complex that brought upscale dining, fancy menus and food delivery service to movie goers on the South Side, is closed for good.įive months after the national chain filed for bankruptcy, a spokesman for the Studio Movie Grill last week confirmed plans not to reopen the Chatham location after it was temporarily closed because of the pandemic.
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