NYC and UK Cinemas Announce Re-Opening Dates and the Challenges of Bringing a Movie Palace Back to Life - a podcast by Boxoffice Pro

from 2021-02-25T02:00

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This week on The Boxoffice Podcast, co-hosts Daniel Loria and Rebecca Pahle break down some exciting news: New reopening dates for theaters in New York City, the U.K., and Quebec. In the podcast’s main feature, they speak to Allison Weiland and Steven Dahlmeier of Sioux Falls, South Dakota’s State Theatre, a nearly century-old movie palace, closed in the 1990s, that’s been given a new life mid-pandemic.


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  • 00:00 Intro

  • 00:50 New York City theaters will reopen soon!

  • 04:24 UK has given a timeline on when cinemas can reopen

  • 06:30 Slow response from audiences this week

  • 08:54 State Theatre: a brief history

  • 10:14 State Theatre in reopened in December 2020 and continues its restoration efforts

  • 13:39 What’s in Sioux Falls, South Dakota?

  • 16:00 Programming details for the theater

  • 17:43 What sets State Theatre apart from other local theaters

  • 19:52 Capacity restrictions in South Dakota

  • 20:52 Marketing strategies to sustain movie going

  • 22:50 People are coming in not knowing what they will see

  • 26:27 What else needs to be done with the theater?

  • 28:06 People have been coming with their families

  • 28:56 Register to the Boxoffice Live Sessions!

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