Mayor Sean Wright said he didn’t know why the deal unraveled, especially since the property owner was willing to invest more than $6 million in renovations. “To go from a proposal to a shutdown - something went terribly wrong. “It would have been really nice if he (Chiu) was in conversation with the city (earlier) so in some way so we could have helped support him.” Motts said she was “pretty frustrated” that the council had little information on why the deal fell through. “… It sounded like it was going to be wonderful - something we really needed in the city of Antioch.”
“The last I heard was that the theater was being renovated,” she said. Mayor Pro Tem Joy Motts said Monday she was also in shock about the closure. “It’s another venue gone - it’s a great loss, but I think it might be an opportunity as well,” Turnage added, noting the large facility could be used as a golf game event-type center, though another movie theater is still an option. The only theater left is the El Campanil, now a multi-purpose venue that shows foreign films as part of a monthly International Film Showcase. Turnage, who grew up in Antioch, recalls the days when there was a Metro 4 multiplex, the historic Stamm and El Campanil theaters and a drive-in. How many people go to the Veranda in Concord to have their food delivered to them while sitting in the theater?” AMC Classic Deer Valley 16 movie theater was eerily quiet Monday after it shut its doors for good with no explanation on Sunday, July 7, 2019.
“To see this happen is like having a rug jerked out from under you.” “A month ago we were all confident that this was going to happen with the renovations and this was going to be a big uptick for the theater and the shopping center,” he said. Though the movie theater was one of the older ones in the area and attendance had dwindled, they had hoped the upgrades would have improved matters. Instead of doing the renovations, they just closed it.”Ĭhiu’s friend, Ken Turnage, who consulted with him about the site, said AMC’s pull-out was devastating for the property owner and the community. “I threw in $3.2 million for improvements and we already agreed, but suddenly their top management changed its mind. Though they had not signed a contract, the parties did sign a letter of intent, Chiu said, adding that up until two weeks ago he thought it “was a done deal.” Property owner Gabriel Chiu said he had been working with AMC on a multimillion-dollar renovation plan that would have brought in a new sound system, new lounge-chair seating and other upgrades. The retro-styled AMC theater at Deer Valley Plaza showed its last movie on Sunday, closing its doors with only a simple sign and no explanation: “There are no shows playing at AMC Deer Valley.”ĪMC representatives did not respond to calls requesting information, but posted a note on the company’s website noting the closure and saying: “We hope to see you at our next nearest location: AMC Brentwood 14.” More than 20 years after making a splash as Antioch’s first and only megaplex cinema, AMC Classic Deer Valley 16 has shuttered, leaving moviegoers in the city of roughly 114,000 residents no option but to go out of town to see a first-run movie.
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