Talk:Mainstreet Theater

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I spoke to an AMC executive Feb. 11th, 2009 and the current goal is to open March 7th. K8 fan (talk) 00:11, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

They obviously missed that goal, but the restaurant will open on March 27, 2009. K8 fan (talk) 18:44, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

There was a recent revision that claimed the theaters opened on April 18th. But the AMCtheatres.com web site still lists the theater as "under construction" and has no showtimes listed, as does the AMC-owned | moviewatcher.com site. Is there a source for this? K8 fan (talk) 16:01, 18 April 2009 (UTC)

a tunnel in the basement?

The article refers to a tunnel between the theater and the President Hotel across the street. I think that the story of a tunnel is an urban legend. I and some other people were in the basement of the Empire Theater (as it was then called) in the summer of 2005. We were particularly interested in finding the legendary tunnel. I examined the north wall of the basement, which was the area of the theater closest to the hotel. The basement was in a shambles. Water had leaked in for decades. But the décor and the configuration of the rooms appeared to be original; i.e., from when the theater was built in the 1920's. Along the north wall, running from west to east, there was a stairwell lobby, a men's room (not sure), a motor room, an employee locker room, a women's room and a large circular women's lounge. There was a small storage room. I took many pictures. There was no sign of a tunnel, nor any indication that there had once been a tunnel which was later sealed.

We had complete access to the entire basement. Nowhere was there any indication of a tunnel. We even crawled through all of the cramped spaces underneath the theater seating. These areas were like tunnels, but their real purpose was to provide air-conditioning up to the auditorium overhead.

In the fall of 2006, I was in the theater again. At that time, interior demolition was underway. All of the plaster and walls had been removed, including all of the decorative stuff. There were no interior partitions or rooms. All that remained was the cement slab floors and steel structure. In the basement, the north wall of the foundation was exposed, probably for the first time since it was built. Again, there was no indication that there had once been a tunnel. All I saw was a smooth cement foundation wall. Peterbillionaire (talk) 15:36, 14 June 2009 (UTC)

The problem is that this is, by definition, "original research" and not allowed by Wikipedia policy. If you had a magazine or newspaper article that details this futile search, please add that. If you do, then we can can change the reference to an "rumored tunnel". But the rumors have been around so long that it would be less than encyclopedic to eliminate all reference to it. Just removing it will mean that other people will keep adding it.K8 fan (talk) 16:38, 25 July 2009 (UTC)

Free Image needed to replace File:MainstreetTheaterPromo.jpg

The File File:MainstreetTheaterPromo.jpg is listed as unfree and since the Theater has now opened it needs to be replaced with a free image of this angle. I am removing the NonFree image from the page since it is now replaceable as it is now open. So Can someone head out to the Power and Light District and take a picture to share for free for this article? Sawblade5 ^{(talk to me | my wiki life)} 22:07, 11 July 2010 (UTC)

The Image was Speedy Deleted per above and we need someone to find a free replacement of the Current Look of this Theater! Searching The Internet or going out there to take your own pic and uploading it under PD or CC will do the trick. Sawblade5 ^{(talk to me | my wiki life)} 06:31, 14 July 2010 (UTC)

As of right now I am on flickr trying to find some free replacements and to add extra photos to the page of this theater. The search box is http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=amcmain and Right now the first one I found that might work is: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kcweather/3466969637/ Licensed under CC V 2.0, which proves the replacement is available already and I am currently searching to see if there's any better version of it. Sawblade5 ^{(talk to me | my wiki life)} 06:45, 14 July 2010 (UTC)