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Author Topic: Carmike's Latest Plan to Overexpand Martin McCaffery Film God Posts: 2481 From: Montgomery, AL Registered: Jun 99 posted 05-21-2014 03:07 PM                        Carmike Story To long to paste, maybe too long to read, but an interesting business look at Carmike buying Digiplex. The video interview is interesting if you enjoy corporate speak. So, has the new management saved Carmike, or is this just the latest way for them to go bankrupt again? And, there is really a publication calle "Opportunist Magazine"?  |  IP: Logged Steve Matz Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 672 From: Billings, Montana, USA Registered: Sep 2003 posted 05-21-2014 04:57 PM                     Their old Theater here on Overland Ave. still sits vacant for years. Was supposed to be turned into an office complex. Too Bad someone else like Wynnsong didn't move in. Beautiful Building and Big Parking Lot but the Street it's on wasn't the greatest Choice for access like Wynnsong 10 which is behind a K-Mart and next to a Major Mall...  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 05-21-2014 05:44 PM                        quote: Steve Matz Too Bad someone else like Wynnsong didn't move in. Wynnsong is Carmike.  |  IP: Logged Terry Lynn-Stevens Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1081 From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Registered: Dec 2012 posted 05-21-2014 07:13 PM                     Good for Mayo. Mayo was smart, his ticket prices are not cheap and he tapped into the higher price tier with 3D, Dbox and IMAX.  |  IP: Logged Steve Matz Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 672 From: Billings, Montana, USA Registered: Sep 2003 posted 05-21-2014 08:36 PM                     quote: Steve Matz Too Bad someone else like Wynnsong didn't move in. Wynnsong is Carmike. I think I meant the SHILO 14 People  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 05-21-2014 08:38 PM                        Uhh, the Shilo 14 is also Carmike. All of the theaters in Billings are Carmikes.  |  IP: Logged Steve Matz Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 672 From: Billings, Montana, USA Registered: Sep 2003 posted 05-21-2014 09:48 PM                     I know they don't own ALBERTA BAIR or BABCOCK Theaters... That makes Sense build a 14 theater Multiplex out in the Sticks. They do have nice Stadium Seating in the ones I was in...  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 05-21-2014 10:07 PM                        Right, but the Alberta Bair and the Babcock are not movie theaters anymore....surely you knew that didn't you? That area where the Shiloh 14 is won't be "the sticks" for very long...lots of development out there including that new Scheels store. They were smart to build where they did.  |  IP: Logged Steve Matz Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 672 From: Billings, Montana, USA Registered: Sep 2003 posted 05-21-2014 11:38 PM                     Actually Mike Both Babcock and AB Have Projection Equipment. The Scheels Store is going to install a Big Ferris Wheel inside among other attractions. There looking for a FW Operator;put in an application it will be a change of pace for you.  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 05-22-2014 12:25 AM                     Wasn't the Babcock in Billings an old T.O.I. (Theatre Operators Inc) location where Verl Clark of Clark Film Buying was manager back in the early 80's? I was an old TOI employee back in 1984 in E. Idaho - what a crazy company they were .. but, this is where I met Tim Warner, now one of the top brass for Cinemark.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 05-22-2014 01:26 AM                        Monte - yep, that's right about the Babcock. It and the Alberta Bair are both performing-arts theaters now but as Steve said, they still have projectors although they almost never get used.  |  IP: Logged Mike Rivest Expert Film Handler Posts: 185 From: Montréal QC Canada Registered: Nov 2009 posted 05-30-2014 07:14 PM                     With Carmike buying Digiplex, Carmike how has cinemas in the NYC area as well as 8 out of 10 largest USA metropolitan areas. If they ever do come up to Canada, they will be crushed by Cineplex, Guzzo and Landmark.  |  IP: Logged

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