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Post by Blue Star on Jul 27, 2015 12:15:22 GMT -6
The biggest complaint was no "1st-run" movies. I'd bet the Dig. prods. would re-appear. I do hope somebody re-opens it.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2015 8:10:33 GMT -6
I really don't think that buying this theatre for the use of theatre will be a good idea. Building needs work. And not to many people go to a theatre for movies. The few times that I have taken my teens to Ottawa movie theatre, there was not all that much people was watching movies.
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Post by dog on Jul 28, 2015 8:48:02 GMT -6
Kyle insists the industry is growing by leaps and bounds. He has some funny ways of measurement. We all know that not many people go out to the movies locally anymore. We enjoy a good movie in a Theater but have not gone to any since the Majestic closed. We probably averaged once a Month prior to the Majestic closing. I think the INDUSTRY is growing, Kyle is correct about that. He is correct, the INDUSTRY set records recently, with Jurassic Park. The INDUSTRY appears to be growing more in Non-American markets than here in the USA. But what happens world wide, does not necessarily reflect what is happening with our small part of the industry. But you are right MM, in small communities with independent theaters and the advent of streaming and other sources for movies, that PART of the industry is not doing well.
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Post by Kyle Mitchell on Jul 28, 2015 9:22:08 GMT -6
This is strictly my opinion. To start off I do not believe that it is not the responsibility of the city leader's to come up with a solution for a theatre. Only because it is cheaper in the long run to go to Family video, Red Boxes, Netflix, paperview, Ect. to rent a movie. Plus have the comfort of your own home to watch a movie with family and friend. Even considering gas prices, it's even cheaper to go to Earlville(drive inn) and watch two movies, compared to paying for one movie at a theatre. And the drive inn appears to have a good turn out compared to going to a theatre inside a building. My spouse and two my of teens, have gone to the drive inn twice already this year, and there has been a good turn out. And if you rent a movie, like from Family video, for a 24 hour period, at least, you would be able to watch it more than just one time in that 24 hour period, compared to the cost of getting into a theatre to watch a show one time. This post hits a big reason why the majestic wasn't supported, Streator folks can't afford to support it consistently. Look at the school district and how many students are below poverty level. It's a very high number. I'd like to know what % of Streator ymca memberships are subsidized or paid in full by other means because they otherwise couldn't afford to be members. That would be a very telling number. I'll bet that if the streator ymca didn't have subsidized memberships that it would be closed right now. There might be a draw of, say 10 people a month who would come from out of town to enjoy the older style theatre experience, but there aren't enough of those people to help move the needle enough to keep it open. Bottom line is Streator people didn't support it. I don't see why anyone would take their money and invest it in a business that has failed about 3 times over the past 7 years. Who would? 10 people a month? Do you have anything at all to support that number, or did you just pull it out of your backside, like most of the other arm chair quarterbacks here? Obviously the poverty rate doesn't stop Streator from having one of the highest per capita amounts spent on gambling, having most of the bar owners doing very well. Asking that they start being made to follow our laws to increase the chance of our community being able to have a movie theatre, like many other small communities, is not too much to ask in my opinion. There are many, many small communities across our cointry that are able to support a movie theatre, Streator should be sble to support a unique movie palace that others also think should be a tourist destination. Would there really be anything terrible for our community to just have our laws enforced to try to give it the best possible chance to exist? Our City leaders have control over whether businesses other than bars will be supported by having our laws enforced in the area.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2015 9:25:47 GMT -6
Kyle insists the industry is growing by leaps and bounds. He has some funny ways of measurement. We all know that not many people go out to the movies locally anymore. We enjoy a good movie in a Theater but have not gone to any since the Majestic closed. We probably averaged once a Month prior to the Majestic closing. I think the INDUSTRY is growing, Kyle is correct about that. He is correct, the INDUSTRY set records recently, with Jurassic Park. The INDUSTRY appears to be growing more in Non-American markets than here in the USA. But what happens world wide, does not necessarily reflect what is happening with our small part of the industry. But you are right MM, in small communities with independent theaters and the advent of streaming and other sources for movies, that PART of the industry is not doing well. I believe that the drive inn is showing Jurassic World this weekend. Can not imagine how packed that place will be.
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Post by Kyle Mitchell on Jul 28, 2015 9:33:56 GMT -6
Kyle insists the industry is growing by leaps and bounds. He has some funny ways of measurement. We all know that not many people go out to the movies locally anymore. We enjoy a good movie in a Theater but have not gone to any since the Majestic closed. We probably averaged once a Month prior to the Majestic closing. I think the INDUSTRY is growing, Kyle is correct about that. He is correct, the INDUSTRY set records recently, with Jurassic Park. The INDUSTRY appears to be growing more in Non-American markets than here in the USA. But what happens world wide, does not necessarily reflect what is happening with our small part of the industry. But you are right MM, in small communities with independent theaters and the advent of streaming and other sources for movies, that PART of the industry is not doing well. If you do a little research, I think you'll find that most of the small community theatre failures lately are a result of just not being able to afford the studio's required digital conversion. You know, the one already paid for at the Majestuc by donors? Since the $130,000.00 in donations obviously shows that people do want a theatre here, shouldn't our City at least have our laws enforced in the area to try to give it a better chance to exist? Is there some down side to having our laws enforced?
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Post by dragonfly on Jul 28, 2015 10:09:44 GMT -6
Has the city tried to purchase the Majestic through a state grant?
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Post by antamaleen on Jul 28, 2015 15:43:32 GMT -6
Hasn't it already been proven? Streator people would rather stay home, go drinking, go gambling, go out of town, than to go to the movie theater here. The expense of drinks, snacks and the movie, people would rather spend elsewhere. Unless they come up with something, totally unique, it will fail yet again.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2015 15:53:43 GMT -6
Hasn't it already been proven? Streator people would rather stay home, go drinking, go gambling, go out of town, than to go to the movie theater here. The expense of drinks, snacks and the movie, people would rather spend elsewhere. Unless they come up with something, totally unique, it will fail yet again. Maybe turn it into a venue like the Castle Theater in Bloomington? www.thecastletheatre.com www.castlemusicroom.com
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Post by Blue Star on Jul 28, 2015 17:00:38 GMT -6
I have a lot of friends & family that still go to the movies in Peru & Bloomington. I think they'd go here for 1st runs. I DON'T think any drinking patrons will stop them here either.
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Post by 1NAMillion on Jul 28, 2015 17:10:48 GMT -6
Wilbert, I don't belive a property can be sold or put up for auction with leins against it. I hope someone can take it over. It would be nice to see it open again. I did hear though that the screens were slashed. That of course is rumor, not fact. I hope that is all it is and that that is not true. The projectors are gone am I correct? So if it is going up for auction, will there be leins on this property that will need to be paid? Just wondering, don't know how that all works.
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Post by oldtimer on Jul 28, 2015 17:28:54 GMT -6
Hasn't it already been proven? Streator people would rather stay home, go drinking, go gambling, go out of town, than to go to the movie theater here. The expense of drinks, snacks and the movie, people would rather spend elsewhere. Unless they come up with something, totally unique, it will fail yet again. This right here sums it up in a simple paragraph. It has failed how many times over the past 7 years or so? Why would anyone invest $300,000+ to open something again that didn't have enough support the last 3 or 4 times? It's sad that people don't support it, but what's done is done
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Post by Blue Star on Jul 28, 2015 18:00:44 GMT -6
Hasn't it already been proven? Streator people would rather stay home, go drinking, go gambling, go out of town, than to go to the movie theater here. The expense of drinks, snacks and the movie, people would rather spend elsewhere. Unless they come up with something, totally unique, it will fail yet again. This right here sums it up in a simple paragraph. It has failed how many times over the past 7 years or so? Why would anyone invest $300,000+ to open something again that didn't have enough support the last 3 or 4 times? It's sad that people don't support it, but what's done is done Didn't somebody already remind you that it's NOT up for sale @ $300,000+ ? It's going on AUCTION!! AND .... it never got a chance to see how much business that the Dig. Equip. would have brought in, because that's the main reason peeps went out-of-town. They wanted 1st run movies!
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Post by dog on Jul 28, 2015 18:17:25 GMT -6
This right here sums it up in a simple paragraph. It has failed how many times over the past 7 years or so? Why would anyone invest $300,000+ to open something again that didn't have enough support the last 3 or 4 times? It's sad that people don't support it, but what's done is done Didn't somebody already remind you that it's NOT up for sale @ $300,000+ ? It's going on AUCTION!! AND .... it never got a chance to see how much business that the Dig. Equip. would have brought in, because that's the main reason peeps went out-of-town. They wanted 1st run movies! I would have to agree with oldtimer here. Unless the person who has the digital projectors now, buys it at auction, the new owner would have to purchase projectors, fix the roof and anything else that is damaged, plus the purchase price. I bet all that adds up to at least 300k.
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Post by oldtimer on Jul 28, 2015 19:50:40 GMT -6
This right here sums it up in a simple paragraph. It has failed how many times over the past 7 years or so? Why would anyone invest $300,000+ to open something again that didn't have enough support the last 3 or 4 times? It's sad that people don't support it, but what's done is done Didn't somebody already remind you that it's NOT up for sale @ $300,000+ ? It's going on AUCTION!! AND .... it never got a chance to see how much business that the Dig. Equip. would have brought in, because that's the main reason peeps went out-of-town. They wanted 1st run movies! So, I guess you're thinking that you're going to collect all your pennies and be the only one at the auction and get the entire shooting match for $5,000?
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