Now now…the seller took the time to place the listing. It’s not asking too much if you’re actually interested in the listing to make a 3 minute phone call.
Darrell, it can be done, has been done, and is being done, depending on the populous of your area and other regional statistics.
Pardon the negativity of some regular contributors to the forums on here…sometimes the only way some can make themselves feel better is to bring others down.
Back to your venture, take a look at this place…www.centralcinema.net
That’s in Alameda, CA. Those folks took a closed Funeral Home and converted the hall into a one screen seating approx 50 in couches and loveseats. They play FIRST RUN on the break (lingo converter=new wide release films when they open nationally, not later or sub run) They just did Spiderman for 3 weeks into Pirates, and only have 3 weeks on that into Fantastic Four.
Feel free to shoot me any questions…
Best of Luck!
CinemaSightlines:
Your rules and regs I can honestly say are in full operation and enforcement at my cinema, from posting to preshow announcements, to in show patrols.
Bravo to theatre operators taking the time to mind the store, and training their staff to set such high standards instead of staffing one lone person in the lobby while they sit upstairs and draw up lease options on their next theatre.
“I believe that it was a good thing to have them leave BUT having the Police was a act of sheer stupidity! That asking them to leave, calling there parents ect. was right but involving Law Enforcement like we were in COmmunist China was taken to far…"
posted by ChaletTheatersLLC on Sep 28, 2006 at 4:29pm
So then, you use your law enforcement persons on your staff, that is ok, but Managers who do not have that advantage, and call law enforcement for help, are stupid and communist?—YOUR words from your quotes!
And stop going on and on about how great you are rescuing theatres and building businesses…if I prefaced every statement I made with my own accomplishments I’d be a megalomaniac..so then well since you do..hmmm.
So I’ll pose the question again for Chalet to find a new backdoor to sneak out of on it..I’ll make it a two option answer.
Chalet..you are personally managing a theatre. You nor any of your staff are members or law enforcement or security agencies or companies. You have unruly patrons you have asked to stop, they refuse. You ask them to leave, they refuse.
Do you, Chalet
a) Call the police and have them remove the unruly patrons?
b) Just let it go and allow them to continue to ruin the film for those who are affected by their unruly actions?
If you were “Very much in the majority” then everyone in the theatre would be on phones, and companies like AMC wouldn’t have Dilence is Golden policy and enforcement.
You are managing a location, you have unruly people disturbing the film, be it texting, talking, etc. You go to them, ask them to stop. They either refuse to, or say they will and do not. You go back, they tell you to “piss off”-replace with other four letter words.
Now then, they’ve told you to piss off, you ask them to leave, they refuse..
What do YOU do then?
reminder: You said you wouldn’t call the police, as that would be an “act of stupidity"
reality reminder: Unruly patrons, especially teenagers, are not going to give you their parents number after they’ve refused your request to leave.
So, WHAT DO YOU DO?
(I am quite curious as this answer really sets the tone for the kind theatres you run)
I’ve got SO many comments to make to just the replies, I’ll go poster by poster:
But first and foremost, as a Theatre General Manager, BRAVO to the theatre, shocking to see it was an AMC…usually anything goes at the big guys!
The NBC link was vague and useless..they were probably busy talking about JonBenet Ramsey to actually ask anyone who was present any questions.
TxtMessageOhNo: You show your lack of intelligence in use of “retarded”. And “they paid for a ticket like everyone else.”-YES..everyone else who is sitting trying to watch the movie without a bright light in their field of vision. And your “just like the average policeman” has nothing better to do…I think that tells a lot about your position as a troublemaker, criminal, just plain moron, or likely all of the above.
Schmadrian…the overall problem is with society today…people are trained to never be responsible for anything themselves, especially their own activity;
Look at the lady who sued MCdonalds as she spilled hot coffee when she put a styrofoam cup between her legs and drove off..AND WON!
Look at anyone whos smoked a cigarette in the last 20 years…with all that we know now..and STILL sue cigarette companies..AND WIN!
and to CHALETTHEATRESLLC…Complete and total SHAME ON YOU as a theatre operator for saying these people went too far! SHAME SHAME SHAME on you for being just another spineless operator who’s too afraid to take a stand and “upset” someone.
You know as well as I do (if you actually spend any true time in your theatre’s operations and not arranging the next lease-option) that the staff either got a complaint, or noticed someone was on the phone BRIGHT TEXTING, and asked them to put it away, when they were met with a number of “colorful metaphors” at which time the staff asked them to leave and the “patrons” refused, then were told if they didnt leave they would have the police summonded, and they chose not to leave after that. How do I know? Because that’s how it ALWAYS turns out. If the staff lets them stay for the rest of the film after all of that, then they ALL get out their phones and text message, talk, and so on. You think teenagers are going to give out their “parents numbers”—<lol>..where is your Chalet Theatre located, Downtown Mayberry?
This is the only time I have ever actually appreciated the works of a the big guys…if only the small time people would all get behind this instead of being cowards afraid of cheesing off the teenagers, who now apparently go to the big guys and actually GET THE GAUNTLET brought down on them!
For your daytime use issue, I would call your local schools and churches and establish a relationship so that when you play films that are appropriate for those groups that you contact them for private shows. Private shows are a great source for income!
As for the storefront, as you mentioned young people, consider putting in a run of arcade game. I personally can’t stand this “Dance Dance Revolution” game but its BIG time with people up to about 24 years old.
If you wanted to go more upscale, you could establish a waiting room with wireless WI-FI and try the coffee/tea idea from above, but if its young and trendy, then you already for sure have a coffee house nearby.
I don’t have much faith in doing upscale coffee/tea at my theatres…you’ll try it, but you’ll find if you’re in a trendy area with kids, they only want brand names. And if you get a balance of ages, then they always want some accessory that it costs you money to have (Cream, low fat milk, skim milk, non fat milk, soy, sugar, sweet and low, equal, splenda, cane)..its a headache!
I don’t know if you are a theatre owner/operator, but you know as well as I do that theatres that are well in the black have no need to place commercials, they simply do it for a little more greed. (With private shows, house allowances, average film rental at 50-60% plus an average 300% markup on concession items. My company is hardly a “Mom and Pop” chain, and we don’t place the ads because we wish to be as different than the airport theatres as possible, and we would be the ones who need the most to place them. And no, $10 a ticket is not a bargain!
Tim O'Connor is correct, for many reasons, go out of your way to support the theatres that don’t show ads for that reason but also to keep the prices where they are. JUST THINK OF WHAT PRICES WILL BE IF THE BIG GUYS HAVE NO COMPETITION!
No Commercials simple…
Don’t ever go to an AMC, REGAL, LOEWS OR CINEMARK THEATRE…ever!
AVOID Syufy/Century/CineArts Theatres, …they say they dont have “commercials”, but they have five minute “spots” about buying their tickets online from their website, which is a commercial!
And when in Northern California, visit the Chabot Cinema, The Delta Cinema, The Grand Lake Cinema, and the Orinda Theatre for FIRST run films and NO COMMERCIALS (other than previews of Coming Attractions)
My company ran a very successful 10 screen discount theatre, which closed last year unfortunately as that city felt the pressing need for a sixth Safeway on the leased site. I’d love to give you the low down on it.
Feel free to email me directly if you want to converse in detail about the ins and outs. Anything I can do to help and take a bite our of the pocket of Regal Cinemas and other monopoly theatre chains!
~Josh
Now now…the seller took the time to place the listing. It’s not asking too much if you’re actually interested in the listing to make a 3 minute phone call.
Darrell, it can be done, has been done, and is being done, depending on the populous of your area and other regional statistics.
Pardon the negativity of some regular contributors to the forums on here…sometimes the only way some can make themselves feel better is to bring others down.
Back to your venture, take a look at this place…www.centralcinema.net
That’s in Alameda, CA. Those folks took a closed Funeral Home and converted the hall into a one screen seating approx 50 in couches and loveseats. They play FIRST RUN on the break (lingo converter=new wide release films when they open nationally, not later or sub run) They just did Spiderman for 3 weeks into Pirates, and only have 3 weeks on that into Fantastic Four.
Feel free to shoot me any questions…
Best of Luck!
Yeah but you know how much the Lease Payment was on this 4 screen?
%50,000 a month!
CinemaSightlines:
Your rules and regs I can honestly say are in full operation and enforcement at my cinema, from posting to preshow announcements, to in show patrols.
Bravo to theatre operators taking the time to mind the store, and training their staff to set such high standards instead of staffing one lone person in the lobby while they sit upstairs and draw up lease options on their next theatre.
Chalet…
“I believe that it was a good thing to have them leave BUT having the Police was a act of sheer stupidity! That asking them to leave, calling there parents ect. was right but involving Law Enforcement like we were in COmmunist China was taken to far…"
posted by ChaletTheatersLLC on Sep 28, 2006 at 4:29pm
So then, you use your law enforcement persons on your staff, that is ok, but Managers who do not have that advantage, and call law enforcement for help, are stupid and communist?—YOUR words from your quotes!
And stop going on and on about how great you are rescuing theatres and building businesses…if I prefaced every statement I made with my own accomplishments I’d be a megalomaniac..so then well since you do..hmmm.
So I’ll pose the question again for Chalet to find a new backdoor to sneak out of on it..I’ll make it a two option answer.
Chalet..you are personally managing a theatre. You nor any of your staff are members or law enforcement or security agencies or companies. You have unruly patrons you have asked to stop, they refuse. You ask them to leave, they refuse.
Do you, Chalet
a) Call the police and have them remove the unruly patrons?
b) Just let it go and allow them to continue to ruin the film for those who are affected by their unruly actions?
Silence*
TXT—
If you were “Very much in the majority” then everyone in the theatre would be on phones, and companies like AMC wouldn’t have Dilence is Golden policy and enforcement.
Chalet..
I have now read both of your comments, again.
Let’s pin it down..
You are managing a location, you have unruly people disturbing the film, be it texting, talking, etc. You go to them, ask them to stop. They either refuse to, or say they will and do not. You go back, they tell you to “piss off”-replace with other four letter words.
Now then, they’ve told you to piss off, you ask them to leave, they refuse..
What do YOU do then?
reminder: You said you wouldn’t call the police, as that would be an “act of stupidity"
reality reminder: Unruly patrons, especially teenagers, are not going to give you their parents number after they’ve refused your request to leave.
So, WHAT DO YOU DO?
(I am quite curious as this answer really sets the tone for the kind theatres you run)
I’ve got SO many comments to make to just the replies, I’ll go poster by poster:
But first and foremost, as a Theatre General Manager, BRAVO to the theatre, shocking to see it was an AMC…usually anything goes at the big guys!
The NBC link was vague and useless..they were probably busy talking about JonBenet Ramsey to actually ask anyone who was present any questions.
TxtMessageOhNo: You show your lack of intelligence in use of “retarded”. And “they paid for a ticket like everyone else.”-YES..everyone else who is sitting trying to watch the movie without a bright light in their field of vision. And your “just like the average policeman” has nothing better to do…I think that tells a lot about your position as a troublemaker, criminal, just plain moron, or likely all of the above.
Schmadrian…the overall problem is with society today…people are trained to never be responsible for anything themselves, especially their own activity;
Look at the lady who sued MCdonalds as she spilled hot coffee when she put a styrofoam cup between her legs and drove off..AND WON!
Look at anyone whos smoked a cigarette in the last 20 years…with all that we know now..and STILL sue cigarette companies..AND WIN!
and to CHALETTHEATRESLLC…Complete and total SHAME ON YOU as a theatre operator for saying these people went too far! SHAME SHAME SHAME on you for being just another spineless operator who’s too afraid to take a stand and “upset” someone.
You know as well as I do (if you actually spend any true time in your theatre’s operations and not arranging the next lease-option) that the staff either got a complaint, or noticed someone was on the phone BRIGHT TEXTING, and asked them to put it away, when they were met with a number of “colorful metaphors” at which time the staff asked them to leave and the “patrons” refused, then were told if they didnt leave they would have the police summonded, and they chose not to leave after that. How do I know? Because that’s how it ALWAYS turns out. If the staff lets them stay for the rest of the film after all of that, then they ALL get out their phones and text message, talk, and so on. You think teenagers are going to give out their “parents numbers”—<lol>..where is your Chalet Theatre located, Downtown Mayberry?
This is the only time I have ever actually appreciated the works of a the big guys…if only the small time people would all get behind this instead of being cowards afraid of cheesing off the teenagers, who now apparently go to the big guys and actually GET THE GAUNTLET brought down on them!
For your daytime use issue, I would call your local schools and churches and establish a relationship so that when you play films that are appropriate for those groups that you contact them for private shows. Private shows are a great source for income!
As for the storefront, as you mentioned young people, consider putting in a run of arcade game. I personally can’t stand this “Dance Dance Revolution” game but its BIG time with people up to about 24 years old.
If you wanted to go more upscale, you could establish a waiting room with wireless WI-FI and try the coffee/tea idea from above, but if its young and trendy, then you already for sure have a coffee house nearby.
I don’t have much faith in doing upscale coffee/tea at my theatres…you’ll try it, but you’ll find if you’re in a trendy area with kids, they only want brand names. And if you get a balance of ages, then they always want some accessory that it costs you money to have (Cream, low fat milk, skim milk, non fat milk, soy, sugar, sweet and low, equal, splenda, cane)..its a headache!
Good luck!
~Josh
Long Island Movies…
I don’t know if you are a theatre owner/operator, but you know as well as I do that theatres that are well in the black have no need to place commercials, they simply do it for a little more greed. (With private shows, house allowances, average film rental at 50-60% plus an average 300% markup on concession items. My company is hardly a “Mom and Pop” chain, and we don’t place the ads because we wish to be as different than the airport theatres as possible, and we would be the ones who need the most to place them. And no, $10 a ticket is not a bargain!
Tim O'Connor is correct, for many reasons, go out of your way to support the theatres that don’t show ads for that reason but also to keep the prices where they are. JUST THINK OF WHAT PRICES WILL BE IF THE BIG GUYS HAVE NO COMPETITION!
No Commercials simple…
Don’t ever go to an AMC, REGAL, LOEWS OR CINEMARK THEATRE…ever!
AVOID Syufy/Century/CineArts Theatres, …they say they dont have “commercials”, but they have five minute “spots” about buying their tickets online from their website, which is a commercial!
And when in Northern California, visit the Chabot Cinema, The Delta Cinema, The Grand Lake Cinema, and the Orinda Theatre for FIRST run films and NO COMMERCIALS (other than previews of Coming Attractions)
Is this thing still for sale? The whole I don’t know…THEATRE…got lost in you boys pissing contest.
Are you looking for one that is currently in operation? And what types of films are you wanting to do?
Im in the business and in the area so I’ve some leads.
Thanks!
~Josh
Jen,
My company ran a very successful 10 screen discount theatre, which closed last year unfortunately as that city felt the pressing need for a sixth Safeway on the leased site. I’d love to give you the low down on it.
Feel free to email me directly if you want to converse in detail about the ins and outs. Anything I can do to help and take a bite our of the pocket of Regal Cinemas and other monopoly theatre chains!
~Josh