AMC Theatres Wants NYC’s Endangered Kips Bay Multiplex To Remain But Decision Not Ours To Make
According to Deadline, AMC Theatres CEO Adam Aron has issued an open letter to New York City residents reiterating the company’s desire to continue operating its longstanding Kips Bay 15 multiplex in the Manhattan neighborhood, but concedes the decision is not AMC’s to make. Neighbors of the Kips Bay-Murray Hill section of Manhattan along Second Avenue near the East River have been vocal about the planned closure of the multiplex that has been a central commercial hub since 1999, with AMC taking over the venue in 2006. The property on which the multiplex sits was privately purchased last year by NYU Langone, one of New York’s major health care systems.