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((refimprove|date=November 2023))
((Infobox company
| name = Kerasotes Theatres
| logo = Kerasoteslogo.png
| fate =
| foundation = ((Start date and age|1909))
| predecessors =
| successors = [[AMC Theatres]]
| defunct =
| location = [[Chicago, Illinois]]
| key_people = Gus Kerasotes, founder
| industry = [[Entertainment|Entertainment (movie theatres)]]
))
[[Image:Theater-Hennepin-20081004.JPG|thumb|upright|Kerasotes on [[Hennepin Avenue]], Minneapolis, Minnesota]]
'''Kerasotes Showplace Theatres, LLC''' is a [[movie theatre]] operator in the United States. Based in [[Chicago]], Kerasotes Showplace Theatres, LLC was the sixth-largest movie-theatre company in [[North America]] with 957 screens in 95 locations in [[California]], [[Colorado]], [[Illinois]], [[Indiana]], [[Iowa]], [[Ohio]], [[Minnesota]], [[Missouri]], [[New Jersey]], and [[Wisconsin]].((fact|date=November 2023)) 

The company was founded in 1909, when Gus Kerasotes, a [[Greek people|Greek]] immigrant, opened a storefront [[nickelodeon movie theatre]] in [[Springfield, Illinois]]. He and his brother, Louis G. Kerasotes, operated the theater business together for over fifty years.  His four sons, [[George Kerasotes|George]], Louis, John, and Nicholas, joined him in the business and by the 1930s, the company had one theatre.((fact|date=November 2023)) 

The chain undertook a major expansion program during the 1990s and 2000s adding several hundred screens to the circuit.((fact|date=November 2023))    

In January 2008, Kerasotes acquired AGT Enterprise's Star Cinema brand.  The purchase included four theatres in Wisconsin and two in Iowa, which retained the Star Cinema name.((fact|date=November 2023)) 

On November 20, 2009, Kerasotes opened the first theater in its newly-created premium theater brand, Showplace ICON, in [[Minnesota]]. It would soon be followed by a second location in [[Chicago]] the following month.((fact|date=November 2023))  

On Tuesday, January 19, 2010, Kerasotes Showplace Theatres, LLC announced that they signed a definitive agreement to sell most of the assets to [[AMC Theatres|AMC Entertainment, Inc.]], combining the nation's second and sixth largest movie theatre chains.<ref>[http://investor.amctheatres.com/file.aspx?IID=4171292&FID=1500054713 AMC Theatres and Kerasotes Theatres Announce Entry Into Definitive Agreement], ''AMC Entertainment'', January 19, 2010</ref><ref>[http://www.nwitimes.com/business/local/article_86005c57-1750-5c35-a1d7-4064c3a983e6.html Kerasotes Plans Sale of Theatres to AMC], ''NWI.com'', January 22, 2010</ref>

On Tuesday, May 25, 2010, the $275 million sale between Kerasotes Theatres and AMC Entertainment, Inc. was completed.<ref>[http://investor.amctheatres.com/file.aspx?IID=4171292&FID=1500054711 AMC Theatres and Kerasotes Theatres Announce Completion of Sale], ''AMC Entertainment'', May 25, 2010</ref><ref>[http://kansascity.bizjournals.com/kansascity/stories/2010/05/24/daily15.html AMC Closes on $275 Million Purchase of Kerasotes Theatres Chain], ''Kansas City Business Journal'', May 25, 2010</ref>

Kerasotes Showplace Theatres is currently managed by the third generation of the founding family with Tony Kerasotes as chief executive officer and Dean Kerasotes as chief operating officer.  It operates six theaters located in the Seaport District in [[Boston]], [[Chicago]]'s [[Chicago Loop|South Loop]], the [[Minneapolis]] suburb of [[St. Louis Park, Minnesota|St. Louis Park]], [[Mountain View, California]], [[San Jose, California]] in the [[Westfield Valley Fair|Valley Fair mall]],((fact|date=November 2023)) and in the [[Harmon Meadow]] development in [[Secaucus, New Jersey]].<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.nj.com/hudson/2009/10/new_theatres_opening_in_secauc.html|title=New theaters opening in Secaucus and Hoboken with grand opening specials|newspaper=[[The Jersey Journal]]|via=[[NJ.com]]|language=en-US|url-status=live|date=October 14, 2009|access-date=November 14, 2023|archive-date=November 14, 2023|archive-url=https://archive.today/o1c2u))</ref> Only the latter operates under the Showplace Theater branding; the remaining five are marketed as Showplace Icon theaters.((fact|date=November 2023)) 

==References==
((reflist))

==External links==
* ((Official website|http://www.showplaceicon.com/))

((Major USA Cinema Chains))

[[Category:Movie theatre chains in the United States]]
[[Category:Companies based in Chicago]]
[[Category:Springfield, Illinois]]
[[Category:Private equity portfolio companies]]
[[Category:Providence Equity Partners companies]]
[[Category:AMC Theatres]]
[[Category:American companies established in 1909]]
[[Category:Entertainment companies established in 1909]]
[[Category:2010 mergers and acquisitions]]

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