Instead of focusing on imaginative ways to get butts back in cinema seats, AMC has once again found a new way to screw over moviegoers.
via: People
On Monday, the largest movie theater chain in the country announced it will begin a “ticket-pricing initiative based on seat location” that they call Sightline at AMC, which breaks down seating options into three sections: Value Sightline, Standard Sightline and Preferred Sightline.
Standard are the most common options in the room and will remain the normal cost of admittance. Value are mostly front-row seats, offered at a discounted rate (minus $2). And Preferred (an added $2) are “typically in the middle of the auditorium and cost slightly more than Standard Sightline seats,” according to a press release.
AMC A-List members will not pay extra for these premium seats. The new pricing model applies to showtimes after 4 p.m. and not on Tuesdays, which is the chain’s discount day.
“Sightline at AMC more closely aligns AMC’s seat pricing approach to that of many other entertainment venues, offering experienced-based pricing and another way for moviegoers to find value at the movies,” Eliot Hamlisch, EVP and CMO of AMC Theatres, said in a statement.
“While every seat at AMC delivers an amazing moviegoing experience, we know there are some moviegoers who prioritize their specific seat and others who prioritize value moviegoing,” added Hamlisch. “Sightline at AMC accommodates both sentiments to help ensure that our guests have more control over their experience, so that every trip to an AMC is a great one.”
Variety reported that the differently priced seating will start this Friday at select AMC Theatres in Kansas City, Chicago and New York City, then across the country by the end of 2023.
Yet again this is nothing more than a lame ass scam from CEO Adam Aron, where instead of finding interesting ways to get patrons back to theaters, what this will end up doing is keep patrons and their families from coming to the movies.
Also how do you differentiate the seats in Dolby, when they sell you on the idea that no matter where you sit the reclining vibrating seats are all equal?
There's so many good films coming out this year, and raising prices on seats depending on where you opt to sit is not going to keep people coming back.
Everything at the moment is getting uber expensive - from food, gas, streaming services, etc.
Speaking of which, people will just wait until films appear weeks later on VOD or on a streaming service if AMC isn't too careful. Then you'll end up filing for bankruptcy like Regal and so many other theater chains.
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