The New 400 Theaters is officially closed after 111 years in operation and five months since owner Tony Fox announced he was looking to sell. The theater, located a block north of Loyola’s Lake Shore Campus at 6746 N. Sheridan Rd., was widely considered the oldest operating theater in Chicago, The Phoenix previously reported. The …
The 400 Officially Closes Its Doors
The New 400 Theaters is officially closed after 111 years in operation and five months since owner Tony Fox announced he was looking to sell.
The theater, located a block north of Loyola’s Lake Shore Campus at 6746 N. Sheridan Rd., was widely considered the oldest operating theater in Chicago, The Phoenix previously reported.
The theater made the announcement on Instagram and Facebook thanking those who worked at and visited The 400. The post highlighted the theater’s community service as a COVID-19 testing site, blood drive center and home base for Black Lives Matter protests, among other events.
“We sold over 1 million tickets, not a single one for more than $10,” the posts read.
In March, Fox said attendance has only been about 50% of what it was pre-pandemic.
“I’m grateful to the community for a lot of good years — grateful for Loyola for unwavering support over all those years,” Fox told The Phoenix in March. “I don’t have any misgivings about the community abandoning us now.”
A sign on The 400’s entrance says they “are currently closed but will host regular private events.” It is unclear whether the theater has been sold.
This is a developing story.
