That leads to another reason I don’t favor recliner seats in theatres – given how comfortable they’re touted as being and the fact that they’re recliners, what are the odds that you’ll get quite a few moviegoers falling asleep in their seats during a movie in a recliner-seated theatre and thus missing part of the movie?
If the theatre has been designed from the ground up for recliners, then OK. Not only are they comfortable, I personally like the reserved seating. I buy my tickets on line and select the seats and just show up.
A local megaplex did the recliners and went from houses that had 150 seats before down to 70 seats after the conversion. Now they have reserved seating only too! And naturally an increase in ticket prices again. All the more reason to stay home in my opinion.
“The math is not great when you go from an 868 seating to 300-plus seating,” Mazrimas said. “At the Paramount with 300 seats, you’re losing 60 percent of your seating."
Which is exactly why I’m not a fan of the new trend of putting in recliner seats in theatres. Another reason why, claimed below:
“The industry is saying you will see a 50 percent increase in attendance,” Mazrimas said.
I don’t buy that. 60>% less seats = less attendance, thus less potential for profit.
That leads to another reason I don’t favor recliner seats in theatres – given how comfortable they’re touted as being and the fact that they’re recliners, what are the odds that you’ll get quite a few moviegoers falling asleep in their seats during a movie in a recliner-seated theatre and thus missing part of the movie?
If the theatre has been designed from the ground up for recliners, then OK. Not only are they comfortable, I personally like the reserved seating. I buy my tickets on line and select the seats and just show up.
A local megaplex did the recliners and went from houses that had 150 seats before down to 70 seats after the conversion. Now they have reserved seating only too! And naturally an increase in ticket prices again. All the more reason to stay home in my opinion.
Which is exactly why I’m not a fan of the new trend of putting in recliner seats in theatres. Another reason why, claimed below:
I don’t buy that. 60>% less seats = less attendance, thus less potential for profit.