Film-Tech Forum ARCHIVE: $35 per ticket?

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Posted by Wayne Keyser (Member # 2420) on 03-28-2008, 05:08 PM:

According to boingboing.com, "Village Roadshow Gold Class Cinemas is building 50 new super-premium theaters across the nation, with leather armchairs, valet parking, and chairside waiters who serve freshly prepared sushi and other seat-treats. Tickets will cost $35. Each complex will sport theaters featuring 40 reclining armchair seats with footrests, digital projection and the capability to screen 2-D and 3-D movies, as well as a lounge and bar serving cocktails and appetizers, a concierge service and valet parking. But the circuit will especially push its culinary offerings — made-to-order meals like sushi and other theater-friendly foods from on-site chefs (a service button at each seat calls a waiter). Moviegoers will have to pay extra for any food they order, however."

So ... I shouldn't be looking for any 99c matinees, I guess.

Here's a link to the article in VARIETY: LINK

Posted by John T. Hendrickson, Jr (Member # 849) on 03-28-2008, 05:49 PM:

I would think that those folks who could afford $35 a ticket (for starters) could also afford their own private screening room. [Smile]

Posted by Chris Slycord (Member # 4239) on 03-28-2008, 08:40 PM:

I pointed this out in the thread on the new openings thread since my old theater is one of them that's part of that deal.

Posted by Adam Martin (Member # 641) on 03-28-2008, 08:55 PM:

See post in other thread.