Columbia Mall Movie Theater to Broadcast Live Election Night Results

COLUMBIA, MD — Political junkies can celebrate, or find shoulders to cry on, at the movie theater this coming election night.

AMC Theaters is teaming up with CNN to host election-night parties on Nov. 8 in 25 cities. Each city will have two theaters showing election results —a "red" theater and a "blue" theater.

In the Baltimore metro area, the blue theater where, presumably, supporters of Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton are most likely to gather, will be the AMC Columbia Mall 14.

Meanwhile, AMC Owings Mills 17 will be AMC's "red" theater, where supporters of Republican Donald Trump will feel more at home.

The election-night event is free and open to AMC Stubs members and up to two guests each. AMC recently relaunched its AMC Stubs program, adding the free tier of AMC Stubs Insider to complement the premium AMC Stubs Premiere. Stubs members may RSVP for either theater in their market, regardless of political affiliation.

Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. on election night, with the event officially beginning at 7 p.m., when the first polls close.

"The 2016 presidential race has generated record-setting viewing on television and online, and we’re excited to have CNN bring the culmination of the race to the big screen," said Elizabeth Frank, AMC's Executive Vice President and Chief Content & Programming Officer, in a news release.

"On election night, as Americans gather in their communities to watch the conclusion of this historic election, we recognize that Democrats want to cheer with fellow Democrats, and Republicans cheer with fellow Republicans, so we’ve designated 'Blue' and 'Red' theaters in each participating market."

AMC Columbia Mall 14 is at 10300 Little Patuxent Parkway, Columbia. AMC Owings Mills 17 is at 10100 Mill Run Circle, Owings Mills.

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— By Doug Gross (Patch Staff) and Elizabeth Janney