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Classic Cinemas is the largest Illinois based movie theatre chain. Headquartered in Downers Grove, Illinois , it operates 16 locations with 141 screens in Illinois and Wisconsin under Tivoli Enterprises ownership. [ 1 ]
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Wehrenberg's Cinema Four Center in St. Charles was the first multiplex in the St. Louis area. In the late 1980s and into the 1990s, the circuit started building megaplexes of ten or more screens. Wehrenberg also expanded outside the St. Louis area. New theaters opened their doors to guests in Springfield, Osage Beach and Cape Girardeau, MO.
[citation needed] Tara opened with a 70mm, stereophonic presentation of the film Gone with the Wind on its 60-foot screen. This single screen with seating for 1,000 was later divided into a twin theatre. In the 1970s, one of the twin theaters was divided itself, and a separate fourth theater was added onto the building.
Chicago's main theater prize, the Joseph Jefferson award, is named after this pioneer. New theaters, including Rice's Theater, owned by an empresario and future mayor, and McVicker's Theater began booking nationally prominent acts beginning in the late 1840s. After the devastation of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, Scottish-American producer ...
In the group of original North American area codes, established in 1947, all of the Chicago metropolitan area was part of numbering plan area 312, the rest of northern Illinois was 815, central Illinois was 217, and southern Illinois was 618. In 1957, area code 815 was split for the assignment of area code 309 to western central Illinois.
List of casinos in the U.S. state of Illinois; Casino City County State District Type Comments American Place: Waukegan: Lake: Illinois: Temporary casino open; permanent casino planned to open in 2026.