Emagine Parker opens, bringing moviegoing back to Douglas County town

Emagine Parker reopened moviegoing at 18625 Stage Run, filling the gap left when AMC Classic Twenty Mile 10 shut down last Sept. 7 after more than 20 years and took Parker’s only major theater with it. The new venue brought 10 screens, 955 seats, laser projectors, Dolby Atmos sound and two larger-format EMX auditoriums back to a town of about 72,147 residents that sits roughly 20 miles southeast of Denver.

The opening mattered because it returned a 42,000-square-foot entertainment property to active use instead of leaving it dark on one of Parker’s busiest commercial corridors. The former AMC site had been acquired by Emagine Entertainment, which planned a spring 2026 renovation before unveiling the rebuilt complex to the public on July 1, following a ribbon-cutting June 30 with Parker Mayor Joshua Rivero, Jon Goldstein and Paul Glantz in attendance. Rivero tied the project to the next phase of development on West Main Street and said, “That dirt field will not be a dirt field for much longer.”

For local shoppers and restaurant traffic, the theater’s draw goes beyond film screenings. Emagine has turned the former concession stand and kitchen into an event space for up to 150 people, and the company is promoting auditorium rentals, children’s birthday parties and school-group visits alongside online showtimes. The theater page also shows Emagine is treating Parker as a broader community venue, not just a multiplex, with bookings for private events built into the site’s pitch.

The concessions and bar program are part of the repositioning. Emagine said Little Dot Pizza is expected to be available through DoorDash in August, while the bar features Colorado names including Left Hand, WeldWerks, Stranahan’s and TINCUP. Axios reported Tuesday ticket prices starting around $5 and a Friday-night 3D EMX ticket around $18, a pricing mix that suggests Emagine is trying to draw families, date-night crowds and premium-format moviegoers at the same address.

The theater’s return also signals that Parker retail is still building momentum after the 2025 closure. Local coverage pegged the building’s actual value at $5,228,854, underscoring the scale of the investment now back in play. With Emagine Parker open as the company’s first Colorado location, the site is once again positioned to pull diners, moviegoers and event traffic into a fast-growing Douglas County town that had spent nearly 10 months without a theater of its own.