EPR Properties (EPR) 10-K 2008 FY Annual report

EXHIBIT 23

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Trustees
Entertainment Properties Trust:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements (Form S-3 No. 333-72021 and Form S-3 No. 333-151978 each pertaining to the Dividend Reinvestment and Direct Shares Purchase Plan, Form S-8 No. 333-76625 pertaining to the 1997 Share Incentive Plan, Form S-8 No. 333-142831 pertaining to the 2007 Equity Incentive Plan, Form S-4 No. 333-78803, as amended, pertaining to the shelf registration of 5,000,000 common shares and Form S-3 No. 333-140978 for an undetermined amount of securities) of Entertainment Properties Trust of our reports dated February 23, 2009, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of Entertainment Properties Trust as of December 31, 2008 and 2007, 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, 2008, and all related financial statement schedules and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2008, which reports appear in the December 31, 2008 Annual Report on Form 10-K of Entertainment Properties Trust.

/s/ KPMG LLP

KPMG LLP

Kansas City, Missouri
February 23, 2009