{"id":1839686,"date":"2023-02-08T09:50:22","date_gmt":"2023-02-08T14:50:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1839686"},"modified":"2023-02-08T09:50:51","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T14:50:51","slug":"elijah-wood-others-cry-foul-over-amc-theatres-new-seat-pricing-method-says-it-will-penalize-people-for-lower-income","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elijah-wood-others-cry-foul-over-amc-theatres-new-seat-pricing-method-says-it-will-penalize-people-for-lower-income\/","title":{"rendered":"Elijah Wood, Others Cry Foul Over AMC Theatres New Seat Pricing Method, Says It Will \u2018Penalize People For Lower Income\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">40<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Felijah-wood-others-cry-foul-over-amc-theatres-new-seat-pricing-method-says-it-will-penalize-people-for-lower-income%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1839686&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>Numerous critics, including celebrities weigh in on the new. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/amc\">AMC Theatres<\/a> Pricing structure that charges more for premium seats <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/movies\">Movies<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Lord of the Rings\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/entertainment\">Actor<\/a> Elijah Wood recently spoke out about the situation, saying that charging more for preferred locations is unfair to those with less discretionary income.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe movie theater is and always has been a sacred democratic space for all,\u201d Wood <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elijahwood\/status\/1622724743995719681\">Tweet<\/a>. \u201cThis new initiative by AMC Theatres would essentially penalize people for lower income and reward for higher income.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Actor Seth Green was also on board. He agreed. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SethGreen\/status\/1622989629703229440\">Write<\/a> The new pricing structure \u201cThis is absurdly stupid &#038; only creates unnecessary classism. [AMCTheatres] clearly focused on squeezing new profits anywhere possible. Trying to get people back into theaters? Don\u2019t penalize folks with less to spend.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>AMC\u2019s new Sightline program will be implemented at certain theaters in New York, Chicago, and Kansas City on Friday. The initiative will be rolled out nationwide by the company in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Ticket prices will be split into three tiers: Preferred Sightline, which includes the most expensive and popular middle seats; Value Sightline, which are offered for a cheaper price for wheelchair-accessible seating and the front row; and Standard Sightline, which covers all other seats in the theater.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>AMC Stubs A-List loyalty program members won\u2019t be charged extra for Preferred Sightline seating, plus they\u2019ll get a discount on Value Sightline seating. The new pricing initiative won\u2019t affect Discount Tuesdays, where all seats are $5.<\/p>\n<p>Many social media users were furious at the new pricing structure. Others pointed out, however, that AMC has been following similar industry standards.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWait till you hear about broadway theatres, concert venues, and just about every entertainment hall,\u201d One person <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BNoble4Life\/status\/1622946024472956928\">Answered<\/a> to Wood\u2019s tweet. \u201cWhat they\u2019re doing isn\u2019t anything new.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSightline at AMC more closely aligns AMC\u2019s 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,\u201d Eliot Hamlisch is executive vice president and CMO of AMC Theatres. He spoke about the changes, per <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2023\/film\/news\/amc-theaters-movie-ticket-price-seat-location-1235514262\/\">Variety<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile 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. 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.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many critics, including celebrities, are weighing in on the new AMC Theatres pricing structure which would charge more for better seats at the movies. \u201cThe Lord of the Rings\u201d actor Elijah Wood recently commented on the situation, saying he believed charging more for preferable locations was unfair to individuals with less discretionary income. \u201cThe movie &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":345,"featured_media":1839689,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[18020,11091,18018,5899,8009,10474,4370,18019,5839,10918,4933],"class_list":["post-1839686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-penalize","tag-amc","tag-elijah","tag-foul","tag-income","tag-method","tag-people","tag-pricing","tag-seat","tag-theatres","tag-wood"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1839686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/345"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1839686"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1839686\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1839689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1839686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1839686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1839686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}