Abandoned AMC Classic Elkhart 14 - Elkhart, IN 

Yes you are correct, previously Encore Cinemas....back in the late 90s early 2000s this was my go to theater

That puddle in the parking lot is pretty much always there. Ducks too

It’s always crazy seeing these types of videos when you’ve been in these exact locations when they were thriving

Crazy how this popped up in my feed as I am from Elkhart. I seen a lot of iconic movies at this theater throughout my childhood

I used to live in a house across the street where the Bell Tire now stands. It was my grandfather's house. Encore I believe opened in 1988 or 1989. It was the first large multiscreen cinema in the Michiana area which included Elkhart, Mishawaka, South Bend. We used to keep binoculars on the front windowsill to see what was playing on the sign that used to be on the front of the building. I remember seeing Batman in 1989 there. It was smaller back then I think it only had 8 or 10 screens back then. They added onto it in the early 2000's I think.

This was my childhood AMC! Thanks so much for visiting! :) My hometown as well.

I went to the Encore Cinema in 1993. I lived and worked in Elkhart since the 80s. I left in 2013. I lived only a few blocks away from this theater on Cone street. Thanks for the video.

Empty abandoned movie theaters are so sad!😢 Hopefully this one will open again... Thanks as always Wallie!👍🤘😎

This theater was actually open just last year. Didnt know it closed.

Wallie if you get the chance lookup the Concord mall in Elkhart youtube videos, it just closed 6 months ago.. it was a stunning time capsule of 1970s architecture and decor!! I grew up shopping at that mall from the early 1980s- recently

I filmed that same abandoned movie theatre in Elkhart Indiana a couple of times in the past few months And I know the location of other abandoned buildings in Indiana.

My hometown. Been in that theater plenty of times!

90’s paint job and tile work interesting and I loved the ducks 🦆 😊

My wife & I went to a movie a couple of years ago on “date night”, that place was a dump then, I couldn’t imagine what condition it was in when it closed.

This dude literally stopped in my hometown. This theater was the Encore Cinema until a few years back. Then it became an AMC but not much really changed about it. I grew up going to that theater and was by far our best in elkhart. If you wanted a better experience you went to Mishawaka. But this movie theater really just highlights what is going on across the country. Declining attendance, lack of investment. In fact, the AMC in south bend which is still open looks half abandoned. And with the exception of movies 14 in mishawaka, the same fate is happening to every theater in the area. We lost the dollar theater years ago.

OMG WALLIE U WENT TO THE STATE I LIVE IN LOVE UR VIDS❤ I live like 45 min away from Elkhart

Great job Wallie on this amazing GEM 💎.

If while in the Chicago area you find yourself in Joliet...there's a Rax Roast Beef on Jefferson Street that's still open. It's my preferred lunch stop when driving between Iowa and Michigan.

I grew up going to this theater the last movie I saw their was the super Mario movie and also you should check out concord mall area and we also opened a new Meijer across the street from there

3:55 as I was looking at the front of the amc I saw the label scar of encore cinemas

There used to be an Abandoned Domino's Pizza in Connersville, Indiana. Closed in 2002/03

That looks like it was a nice theater when it was open. Something that popped into my head when I was watching: "interior crocodile alligator, this is an abandoned movie theater."

Very nice video. Thanks for sharing

Fascinating

Maybe it will become an antique mall, like the movie theater in North Versailles, PA did. Loved that video, by the way!

Awesome Wallie

Originally a Kerasotes then GKC Encore, then bought by Carmike in early 2000s then finally AMC. Also built as either 3 or 5 screens Originally then added up to 8 and finally 14. Sold to a developer with plans for Freddy's burgers

Awesome video

I live in Evansville INDIANA and there is a lot of abandoned places here one is a steak and shake and a nother place is called cheeseburger and Paradise it was really good don't know why it closed 😢

Great Video!

I used to work there when I did it was GKC encore cinemas when I worked there when the matrix came out

Love Elkhart . Love Notre Dame south Bent. Nice theater, love the colors . Great video . Sad to see movie theater out of business.

Wallie, thank you for this amc video..❤ I love the pink and blue pastel colors on the building's outside columns.

This was the hangout when I was in elementary and middle school. That was around 2012-2015. It was like walking into a 90s time machine. The neon lights were my favorite. They used to have little box TVs in the walls of the lobby with the movies playing

As always great video 👍

Its really sad theatres are closing, but its all the streaming services available today. It costs a fortune to go to the movies these days. I'd kindah rather be home and comfy anyway, but have great mems going to them. Stay safe out there!

Alot of restaurants in Elkhart and Goshen area

thank you for every video that you post!

Cool video

We have a AMC theater about to close permanently after this Sunday here in Allentown Pennsylvania

Yeah, a lot of movie theaters are closing because you can do online videos, movies

Port of Missouri don't use the there blinkers either

There's often drug deals going on in the back parking lot as well. 😂 Even in broad daylight. Surprised you didn't see one that day.

The land will soon be used for apartments, commercial and restaurants. Freddie's will be one of the first businesses to build.

My family is from Elkhart. Very sad place.

That first puddle you saw is their world famous Encore Lake, it never really dries but for a few days unless its a drought. Yes it can get deep, enough to swamp some cars via the bottom door seal. It used to get played in a lot after the movie. Some people would even park dead center of it just for show. It use to be a really nice theater, back in the day I saw the original jurassic park there as a child. As you can tell by the color scheme and layout it was never updated from that era. Eventually AMC purchased it and would not update it or maintain it. The leaks inside are bad. In some theater stalls they didnt even bother to put the drop tile back in, looked like a broken chess board. The last movie I saw there was the ghostbusters afterlife with my children. You could tell even then the theater wasn't going to make it, the decay was to severe. In its hayday, the front lot was always full, the side lot full and depending on the day and time the back lot could be nearly full. The right side of the building is where they had the arcade. All those other doors are just fire exits. I can recall back in the day during high demand, the theaters chaperons would open some up so you may exit out the back and side lots. Only the front was ever the entrance. It was extremely popular in the mid 90s to early-mid 2000's For the breakin you saw it was likely from tweakers that plague the area due to the RV industry and liberal stances on neighboring area. As soon as you close something in that area, they will come and break in and attempt to collect wire and water pipes for scrap and pilfer items they think they can resell for high value on facebook market place. They quickly get arrested, but there is always a fresh crop behind them.

There is a closed movie theater in york pa near the york vo tech its in the giant shopping center

I was up near myerstown pa on Sunday and they had to send the fire department out on this one road to rescue ducks that fell into a storm drain

I live in Indiana

a cinema where I live here in the UK recently closed about a year or two ago and another cinema recently brought the building and moved in and they are having some work done to it to make it look nice and the building has an Organ which the supermarket next door tried buying a couple of years ago and failed

Dude im shocked to see you in my part of the woods :) welcome to Indiana wallie

They just closed this place up around December, my wife and I went on a date here like last year. It was pretty. We saw Spider-verse 2

Awesome Wall

Awesome video!! First figures walking around in the building, possibly related to reflections and shadows on the window, then a mysterious beam of light shining down in the car, possibly from the sunroof letting in a bit of sunlight.... interesting stuff going on in broad daylight in Indiana... haha. Seems like an interesting state... I've seen some videos from Gary, Indiana, with Steel City Storm and Scott On Tape I believe.

WallieB, Nice work brotha

They went out of business due to prices. Popcorn was like $15 for a small.

Next time you're in Elkhart, on the same street (Cassopolis Street) you'll find the Hall of Heroes Superhero Museum. If you like comic books and or Superhero movies, you'll really enjoy that place. 😁

I heard they’re gonna tear the building down and build apartments there

Oh wow they put a Meijer in over in that area. Used to frequent Elkhart when my parents lived in Edwardsburg.

I love ur videos or they can go to Muncie Indiana for movies

Love Your Videos Wallie Keep Up The Great Work Man.. ❤ From Pittsburgh

I lived in Mishawaka but went to this theater once or twice. Sad to see it go.

Good ol' Encore.

That was a Great Video. I really enjoyed. I hope you can do more videos from indiana

had my first movie date here so im a bit glad this place is gone 😭

Dude I love your vids they are awesome keep up the great work!

Awesome video as always wish you could look around inside but still pretty cool 😎

i was driving home from work when i saw you filming the puddle 😂

The ducks are NPC ducks.... There's 2 on every pond

I'm a paranormal investigator and that was very great debunking skills. Lol

Awesome video Wallie what is your favorite movie of all time?

Yes I can see it's very windy by saying that flag blowing in the background

Arby's used to burger king cause there was a hotel where those new shops are

Never been this early

The ducks are minding their business

i know you are tite schedule to Chicago could do video at the gorery store across the street on tyeway thier or way back home

I live in Elkhart

Linway cinema in Goshen might be closer for some folks.

This theater looks like it's been closed for awhile

Come to Missouri you will find more people who don't use turn signals and fail to stop🙁

This is a great video, WallieB26! ❤ Speaking of movie theaters, our AMC movie theater in our local shopping mall is still open and the one over there close by Chicken Express and Chili's restaurants are still open and going strong. By the way, that one is called Cinemark movie theater! 😊

This AMC is aesthetically awesome! I wonder if there’s any former Magic Johnson theaters that are still open. I know they got bought out by AMC.

say goodbye streaming is killing them all.. streaming is way cheaper these days then going out to see them...

When was you in Elkhart

Wait.. I live next to Elkhart.. When did this close down? We still have an open Drive In about an hour away

I seen #amc in the snack bar area

chicago my home town wallie

did you knwo thier is a meijer grocery store across street from this old movie theatre

This place closed only two weeks ago.my friend that worked with me there still lives in elkhart

Nice movie theatre

I am literally working 10 minutes from Elkhart

CAN U DO LAKESIDE MALL IN DETROIT AND ALSO AMES CORPORATE HQ UPDATE I BET THE MOLD GOT REALLY BAD THANKS AND MAYBE CAN U ADD MUPPETS LIKE TECHMOAN ALSO

Filmreel Man came and gone 🥺

Do a abandon car wash

Wallie bro swear that Movie Theater looks haunted 👻 look back around 6min 12 SC promise you can see something moving from one spot to the other idk..... 😂

I heard they turn it into a restaurant

BRO THERE IS A AMC IN THE OLDEST VIEW

Lable scars are what they refer them to.

It will torn down and a Freddie's Burger is going in there

#ThunderStorms #AcidDroppedBluey