Form: 10-K405

Annual report [Sections 13 and 15(d), S-K Item 405]

March 30, 1999

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

Published on March 30, 1999




EXHIBIT 23



CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement
(Form S-3 No. 33-72021) dated February 9, 1999, of Entertainment Properties
Trust pertaining to the Dividend Reinvestment and Direct Share Purchase
Plan of our report dated March 1, 1999 with respect to the consolidated
financial statements and schedules of Entertainment Properties Trust
included in this Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31,
1998.



Ernst & Young LLP


Kansas City, Missouri
March 26, 1999