EXHIBIT 23.1

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Trustees
Entertainment Properties Trust:

We consent to the use of our reports dated February 25, 2008, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of Entertainment Properties Trust as of December 31, 2007 and 2006 and the related consolidated statements of income, changes in shareholders’ equity, comprehensive income, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2007, and all related financial statement schedules and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2007, incorporated herein by reference and to the reference to our firm under the heading “Experts” in the prospectus. Our report refers to a change in the method of quantifying errors in 2006.

KPMG LLP

/S/ KPMG LLP

Kansas City, Missouri
June 26, 2008