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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Emmanuel Camarillo

Chicago movie lovers give AMC Theatres’ best seats surcharge 2 thumbs down

A group of moviegoers carrying snacks heads toward their theater at the AMC located at 108 N. State St. in the Block 37 shopping mall. The chain is raising prices for prime seating. (Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times)

Quinton Ford loves going to the movies, and now that he’s retired, he’s catching up to three a week as a member of AMC Theatres’ Stubs subscription program.

But news that the nation’s largest theater chain is planning on charging more money for prime seating is making him and other Chicago movie buffs think twice about taking a trip to the theater.

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