My fault for calling the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District “the city”. But that doesn’t really change the situation for Lincoln Village.
Is the possibility of losing of your customer parking normally factored into a business model?
It stays to reason, that less parking means less customers, and less customers means less money. In turn this results in less monies for staff and repairs.
In my opinion: Without that parking lot – this theater doesn’t stand a chance and will close.
I performed a unannounced theater check for this theater. I like to research the theater before I check and found that the reviews of the place were a more then a bit unfair. Parking does suck and you will get your car towed if you don’t park in a correct lot. (They have worked out an agreement on parking with the Home Depot) The parking situation is not the theaters fault. The city raised the rent on the parking lot 800K a year.
The theater can’t pay and the lack of parking has really hurt their business.
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If the city is trying to close them down, they have found a way. They won’t be able to last much longer without a parking lot.
This theater is operating on a dwindling budget, and I think that the lack of revenue has forced the theater to make tough choices. The escalator and the elevator appear to have been broken for a while and I don’t think that they’re going to be fixed any time soon. Theaters 4, 5, and 6 are on the second floor. So if you’re unable to walk up a LARGE flight of stairs, you’ll want to avoid those screens.
Water fountains don’t work. Staffing has been cut so the patrons have to buy their tickets at the concessions stand. Staffing problems have also caused the phones to be unmanned and the website to be out of date. Marquee tends to be out of date.
On the other hand I found the staff to be friendly, the manager to be courteous and available to hear any of the patrons concerns. The bathrooms are clean and well kept, the graffiti is kept to a minimal. Concession’s offers free popcorn on Wednesday’s and always has free refills on regular size popcorn and soda. Matinee prices are $5.50 and $8.25 for evening adult.
You do have to park across the street, and the walk around the building to enter the theater, but I feel that the staff and concessions make up for the parking. At this time you have your choice of seats in the theater, and maybe even a private showing.
This is a neighborhood hang out. A place where kids can watch a movie and play games in the mini arcade. A place where local couple have made dinner and a movie part of a weekly ritual. Unless the parking lot situation is resolved, this theater will be forced to follow the unfortunate fate of many of the local theaters and close.
My fault for calling the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District “the city”. But that doesn’t really change the situation for Lincoln Village.
Is the possibility of losing of your customer parking normally factored into a business model?
It stays to reason, that less parking means less customers, and less customers means less money. In turn this results in less monies for staff and repairs.
In my opinion: Without that parking lot – this theater doesn’t stand a chance and will close.
I performed a unannounced theater check for this theater. I like to research the theater before I check and found that the reviews of the place were a more then a bit unfair. Parking does suck and you will get your car towed if you don’t park in a correct lot. (They have worked out an agreement on parking with the Home Depot) The parking situation is not the theaters fault. The city raised the rent on the parking lot 800K a year.
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The theater can’t pay and the lack of parking has really hurt their business.
Lack of parking causes:
If the city is trying to close them down, they have found a way. They won’t be able to last much longer without a parking lot.
This theater is operating on a dwindling budget, and I think that the lack of revenue has forced the theater to make tough choices. The escalator and the elevator appear to have been broken for a while and I don’t think that they’re going to be fixed any time soon. Theaters 4, 5, and 6 are on the second floor. So if you’re unable to walk up a LARGE flight of stairs, you’ll want to avoid those screens.
Water fountains don’t work. Staffing has been cut so the patrons have to buy their tickets at the concessions stand. Staffing problems have also caused the phones to be unmanned and the website to be out of date. Marquee tends to be out of date.
On the other hand I found the staff to be friendly, the manager to be courteous and available to hear any of the patrons concerns. The bathrooms are clean and well kept, the graffiti is kept to a minimal. Concession’s offers free popcorn on Wednesday’s and always has free refills on regular size popcorn and soda. Matinee prices are $5.50 and $8.25 for evening adult.
You do have to park across the street, and the walk around the building to enter the theater, but I feel that the staff and concessions make up for the parking. At this time you have your choice of seats in the theater, and maybe even a private showing.
This is a neighborhood hang out. A place where kids can watch a movie and play games in the mini arcade. A place where local couple have made dinner and a movie part of a weekly ritual. Unless the parking lot situation is resolved, this theater will be forced to follow the unfortunate fate of many of the local theaters and close.