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Dammit Alamo Drafthouse, stop taking all my money!!
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Re: Dammit Alamo Drafthouse, stop taking all my money!!
Alamo Drafthouse did not take enough of your money.
Looks like my local branch will stay open. Hopefully it'll still be there when I'm ready to go back to the movies in... 2022?Alamo Drafthouse Cinema announced Wednesday morning that it has voluntarily filed for bankruptcy as the coronavirus pandemic continues to have an effect on its business.
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The Alamo Drafthouse Ritz in downtown Austin, as well as locations in New Braunfels and Kansas City, Missouri, will be permanently closed.
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I guess when your business is two highly sketchy things during a pandemic (bars and theaters) the outcome is inevitable.
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I think the Covid risks about going to a theatre have been wildly overblown (no Covid exposure has been traced to movie theatre attendance, and I haven't felt uncomfortable either time I've been to a movie since the pandemic started), but YMMV.
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I don't see this as a useful metric for COVID.
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Isn't this largely due to theaters being closed or operating at a greatly reduced capacity? Closed theaters or operating at 25% capacity both greatly reduces the odds of COVID theater exposure and greatly increases the odds of losing money/closing permanently.
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If a theater is at 25% capacity and a bar is at 25% capacity, does the combination of the two result in a 6.25% capacity?ImLawBoy wrote: ↑Wed Mar 03, 2021 5:10 pmIsn't this largely due to theaters being closed or operating at a greatly reduced capacity? Closed theaters or operating at 25% capacity both greatly reduces the odds of COVID theater exposure and greatly increases the odds of losing money/closing permanently.
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Well damn. Not only is my favorite theater in Evanston gone, now they're closing the Alamo in Austin. One of my bucket list items was to attend a fantastic fest at that one.
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It's not, but the part of the parenthetical you snipped out is, which is why I don't feel uncomfortable going.
I am sure it's a combination of low attendance and the upgraded air filtration and cleaning practices that have been put into place.ImLawBoy wrote: ↑Wed Mar 03, 2021 5:10 pm Isn't this largely due to theaters being closed or operating at a greatly reduced capacity? Closed theaters or operating at 25% capacity both greatly reduces the odds of COVID theater exposure and greatly increases the odds of losing money/closing permanently.
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Better go while you can...
Alamo Drafthouse Movie Chain Files For Chapter 11, Selling Assets To Investor Group, Closing Three Theaters
Alamo Drafthouse Movie Chain Files For Chapter 11, Selling Assets To Investor Group, Closing Three Theaters
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If only we were discussing that somewhere here on OO.Daehawk wrote: ↑Wed Mar 03, 2021 6:11 pm Better go while you can...
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Going to see Heavy Metal tonight at the Alamo Drafthouse.
Probably been close to 35 years since I last saw it on the big screen.
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Last weekend we saw Outland and The Iron Giant.
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Damn, I’m jealous.
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Re: Dammit Alamo Drafthouse, stop taking all my money!!
Wait... I love this movie, too... We can't start agreeing on things, dammit.
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No excuses. I fully own up to getting teary-eyed at that part. Every time.
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Oh, and we had to see Iron Giant at the other Alamo in Omaha because this is the lobby....
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Oh, I think we agree on more than you think overall.
that's fantastic!
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Apparently Alamo Drafthouse is having a nationwide server outage so we don't get to watch When Harry Met Sally today.
I offered to stream it on my phone from Amazon and plug it into their projector. They declined.
I offered to stream it on my phone from Amazon and plug it into their projector. They declined.
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Not after the last time you did it.