AMC Entertainment’s flagship AMC Lincoln Square theater on the Upper West Side is open and running most auditoriums after severe rain in New York caused a pipe to break and water to spew, canceling late showtimes on Monday.
The storm impacted the theater’s lower levels, not the Imax auditorium, which is on the top floor of the vertical construction.
“The heavy downpour caused damage to a roof pipe, which led to a significant amount of water coming into a portion of the lower levels of the building,” the world’s largest circuit said. Lincoln Square is one of the highest grossing locations in the nation.
“The theater is open today. Impacted auditoriums and other affected areas of the theatre will remain closed as remediation work is underway. Refunds will be issued automatically for tickets purchased to affected showtimes,” the company said.
No other AMC theaters in the city were impacted.
“Not the Lincoln Square AMC! Why couldn’t the flood take the AMC Empire instead!” said one social media post referring to the Times Square location. Users posted video of what looks like a geyser of water flooding a lower floor lobby.
More than two inches of rain fell on Central Park within an hour on Monday night, a near record for the city, according to reports, in a downpour that flooded subways and caused major transit disruptions. Two people were killed in New Jersey after their car was swept into a brook. NJ Gov. Phil Murphy declared a state of emergency.
