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Alamo Drafthouse Faces Backlash After Ditching No-Phones Policy: “Just an Overpriced AMC Now” (www.hollywoodreporter.com)
submitted 6 months ago by [M] to c/movies@piefed.social
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[–] 29 points 6 months ago (1 child)

How can you be so clueless about what makes your brand work.

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  • [–] 37 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    Former Austinite here. Alamo Drafthouse essentially went out of business and got bought. This is Alamo Drafthouse in name only.

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  • [–] 17 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    We had one in Omaha before Covid absolutely destroyed their big expansion and triggered the resulting sale. It was SO GOOD before that. Now it’s just a sad reminder of what once was.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Oh, shoot. I was hoping to catch something there next time I was in town to compare to the Texas and Des Moines markets' Flix Brewhouse. I only recently started going to theaters post-covid and am liking Flix.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago

    It’s still pretty good, but the pre-shows lost much of their sparkle and creativity. The food went from really good to pretty good. Kind of like Panera - the food there is still decent, but it was better before private equity bought them up.

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