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Alamo Drafthouse Faces Backlash After Ditching No-Phones Policy: “Just an Overpriced AMC Now” News/Updates (www.hollywoodreporter.com)
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[–] 29 points 9 months ago (5 children)

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

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  • [–] 36 points 9 months ago (4 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 9 months ago (2 children)

    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 9 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 9 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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    • [–] 16 points 9 months ago

    The company’s CEO, Michael Kustermann, announced a new policy where customers order food and drink on their phones,

    Michael Kustermann should be fired, his compensation clawed back, and he should be barred from ever holding another decision making role for the rest of his life.

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    [–] 3 points 9 months ago*

    now it’s just a lame-o draft house

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    [–] 2 points 9 months ago

    The page keeps returning an error for me. In case the site is glitching out for anyone else - archive link

    As to the topic, I’ve never been to an Alamo Drafthouse (they don’t exist in my area), but wow, it sounds like they’re shooting themselves in the foot.

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