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Topic: "Changing over" a theater from one owner to another
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David Favel
Jedi Master Film Handler
Posts: 764
From: Ashburton, New Zealand
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 03-01-2002 09:35 PM
Bad will as opposed to good will was my problem.
They left on a Wednesday & we re-opened on a Saturday.The usual problems of finding all the relevant switches, (heating was hidden on the side of the switchboard) and doing a huge clean/re alignment. We honoured all gift certs just to make the punters happy. Now we are running our 1 screen with better grosses than a 3 screen 50 miles away
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Jerry Chase
Phenomenal Film Handler
Posts: 1068
From: Margate, FL, USA
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 03-02-2002 08:53 AM
"Where can someone find listings of theaters for sale, not the big multi's, but 1 or 2 screen?"You have to do detective work to find these. Generally, you'll find the singles and twins are long out of business and not feasable to reopen because of stricter laws, the ADA, and extensive repairs required. If you've been in the business for a while, you can look at a map or drive into a town and usually find where the theatres were. I don't know of any listing of theatres per sale, but every property has a price. I find it quite a tribute to the industry that outsiders will come in and try to renovate and restart dead theatres. Most of the time they lose their shirts, but sometimes there will be a Mike Campbell who builds an empire.
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Charles Everett
Phenomenal Film Handler
Posts: 1470
From: New Jersey
Registered: May 2001
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posted 03-02-2002 09:47 AM
Jesse said about one of these "changeovers":"... apparently nobody was told anything until the morning ..." The theater I refer to in the "starter" post is the Town Center Plaza in East Windsor NJ, near Trenton. Its last day as a Regal was Thursday (2/28). To accommodate the "changeover" no shows started after 6 PM that day. National Amusements began running Town Center Plaza yesterday (3/1). Although Town Center Plaza is in a good location on a busy highway in a busy shopping center, Regal never did well with it against the AMC Hamilton. Regal actually reduced that theater to 3 shows a day in recent months. Town Center Plaza is back to a full schedule under National Amusements.
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Charles Everett
Phenomenal Film Handler
Posts: 1470
From: New Jersey
Registered: May 2001
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posted 03-23-2002 10:02 AM
Bumping it up top for the AMC takeover of General Cinema.Separately, AMC just took over the Gulf States (Palace) Theatres chain in New Orleans.
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Charles Everett
Phenomenal Film Handler
Posts: 1470
From: New Jersey
Registered: May 2001
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posted 03-31-2002 12:27 PM
As you'll know from a separate Ground Level thread, AMC took over General Cinema on Good Friday.My nearest GCC-turned-AMC is the Bridgewater Commons 7. It still has the GCC sign in the corridor and the GCC logo on the chasers in the poster frames. Box office and concession staff are still wearing GCC uniforms for now. There even was a "Now Hiring" sign with the GCC logo in the box office window! Since the takeover occurred on short notice AMC plans to fully integrate the GCC locations (uniforms, signs, MovieWatcher club) by May 1. One GCC feature will remain for now: Most GCC locations that ran the Summer Movie Camp last year will hold it again this year.
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