EXHIBIT 99.2


PRESS RELEASE


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT: Jon Weis
Director of Corporate Communications
Entertainment Properties Trust
(816) 472-1700

Joe Keenan, Sturges + Word
(816) 221-7500



ENTERTAINMENT PROPERTIES TRUST ANNOUNCES
ADDITION OF CHICAGO MEGAPLEX THEATRE

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (March 4, 1998) Entertainment Properties
Trust (NYSE:EPR), a Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) that owns
entertainment-related properties, today announced it has
purchased the South Barrington 30 megaplex theatre from American
Multi-Cinema, Inc., a subsidiary of AMC Entertainment Inc.

The addition brings to 13 the number of megaplex theatres
Entertainment Properties owns in the United States since the
company became a publicly traded company in November 1997.

Entertainment Properties Trust is a Real Estate Investment
Trust whose principal business strategy is to acquire and develop
a diversified portfolio of high-quality properties leased to
entertainment-related business operators. The company's common
stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker
symbol EPR.