EXHIBIT 99


Jonathan B. Weis                            FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Director of Corporate Communications
Entertainment Properties Trust
(816) 472-1700

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

        ENTERTAINMENT PROPERTIES TRUST ANNOUNCES ADDITION
         OF SECOND DALLAS AREA MEGAPLEX THEATRE PROPERTY

     KANSAS CITY, MO. (April 20, 1998) -- Entertainment
Properties Trust (NYSE:EPR), a real estate investment trust that
owns entertainment-related properties, today announced it has
purchased the Mesquite 30 megaplex theatre real estate from
American Multi-Cinema Inc. (AMC), a subsidiary of AMC
Entertainment Inc.  AMC will continue to operate the theatre
under a sale/leaseback transaction.

The addition brings to 15 the number of megaplex theatre
properties EPR has acquired since the company became publicly
traded in November of 1997.  The Mesquite 30 megaplex is located
in Mesquite, Texas, and is the second megaplex theatre property
EPR owns in the Dallas area.  The Company also owns the Grand 24
in Dallas.

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
shares of beneficial interest are traded on the New York Stock
Exchange under the ticker symbol EPR.