Sorry! Senior year can be a crazy time...especially when you're in basketball, Scholastic Bowl and you just got a job. At a movie theater!
And because of my new place of employment, I started thinking, movie theaters are dying. It's kind of a negative thing to say, but it's true.
Let's face it. Movie theaters have been slowly dying since the invention of the television. Why go to a movie when you can watch the I Love Lucy show or The Johnny Carson Show? In your living room? In your favorite comfy chair?
Hollywood has been trying to evolve to ensure that films still do well at the box office. In the 60's, 70's and 80's there began to be an escalating amount of violence and drugs trying to appeal to younger generations.
Netflix, Amazon Prime and Online Streaming has presented new problems that may lead to the death of the movie theater. However, Carmike Cinemas and AMC Theaters are just two of the companies going out of their way to get people back through their doors.
For example. I work at the new Ovation Dining Club in Bloomington, Illinois. It used to be the Palace 10 or something like that. That is, it was until the new Wehrenberg Galaxy 13 opened across town. In general, people like the Galaxy far better than the Starplex or the Palace. So, sadly, the Palace closed.
That is, it was closed until Carmike decided to renovate it.
Opening sometime at the beginning of February, the Ovation Dining Club will offer a new experience than any other offered in Central Illinois. Movie-goers will now be able to order meals to go with their movie which will be delivered to them in their seats in the theater. And this isn't anything like a hot dog or a hamburger with fries. Customers will be able to enjoy full, legitimate meal. If you don't want to see a movie, but you still want to enjoy the meals or specials at the Ovation Dining Club, then you can eat in in the restaurant.
I, personally, think that it is a genius idea. People go to dinner and a movie all the time. So why not save the gas money and go straight to the theater? Now, I don't know what the prices will be, but the specials that I have heard of include $2 Sliders, Bottomless Pizza and of course alcoholic beverages.
Although movie theaters may decrease in size, they will never totally disappear. Not if chains like Carmike Cinemas keep up what they're doing now.
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