(Radio Iowa) – The largest movie theater chain in the world has closed its last location in the Des Moines metro that had 16 movie screens. A-M-C had already closed its cineplex at Southridge Mall in Des Moines and at a site in Urbandale that had nine screens. The website for A-M-C’s Johnston location says that site is permanently closed and the company’s nearest theater is in Kansas City. However A-M-C still operates theaters in Council Bluffs, Dubuque and Sioux City.

In a statement, an A-M-C spokesman said the company routinely reviews its theaters and makes decisions that are based on what will best strengthen A-M-C moving forward. The A-M-C movie theater chain has nine BILLION dollars in debt, but has avoided bankruptcy. It struck an exclusive deal with Taylor Swift to show her Eras Tour Concert Film in its U-S
theaters.