Bill Warren selling 7 of his theatres to Regal Entertainment

[WstateU]

K42, Terrace, Vogue Art?

Terrace Drive-In - 2701 N. Hillside Street, Wichita, KS 37202 http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/28546

Vogue Art Theater - 417 E. Douglas Avenue, Wichita, KS 67202 http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/20258

[Kung Wu]

Let's hope the Regal theaters aren't operated like the 'Circle Jerk Cinema'.

Well .... the Warren DOES have a nice 3D setup ...

[BOBB]

Saw most movies at the Crest until Northrock was built. I loved the Crest. Didn't there used to be a theater in College Hill? Oliver and Centralish?

[Wuchalk]

Yes, there was. I don't remember the name of it. It was on the northeast corner.

[Jes'Me]

Yes, there was. I don't remember the name of it. It was on the northeast corner.

Was it the Tower?

[Jes'Me]

Also had the Crown, the Uptown, the Boulevard, and the Airport drive-in. I think the Miller was my favorite.

[WstateU]

[Wuchalk]

Was it the Tower?

I think you're right.

[WstateU]

Continuing the drive-in movie thread 'hijack'... loved the old drive-ins sitting next to my sweetie...

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[Shocker-maniac]

So now we get the rest of the story . . .

Bill Warren sold his Wichita theaters so that he could build even bigger, better, more luxurious theaters in OKC.

All the while he threw a big publicity fit insisting that Wichita must keep its ugly, outdated, circular building that they call Century II.

What a hypocritical SOB.

http://www.kansas.com/news/business/biz-columns-blogs/carrie-rengers/article176232181.html

[pogo]

Myself I like our iconic circular building they call Century II

[wheathead]

Does he have a no compete clause written in his deal with Regal? If not I can tell you people are extremely ticked at Regal here in Wichita and would love Bill to put another theater in Wichita. Regal is killing what they bought here.

[Kung Wu]

I went to the Warren with the family recently. Went to go fetch the usual bucket of popcorn that we split. Dude said, "We don't have buckets anymore - we put them in those bags" pointing up at a bunch of lunch sack looking bags. I'm like, "What? But there's still a bucket option for the larger sizes, right? I mean you don't put buttered popcorn in a bag, right?" He looked embarrassed and said, "Yeah. And we get a lot of complaints." Hahaha

That's nasty. Not to mention it's difficult to carry multiple bags of popcorn if you have bought other stuff. Really weird.

[pinstripers]

I went to the Warren with the family recently. Went to go fetch the usual bucket of popcorn that we split. Dude said, "We don't have buckets anymore - we put them in those bags" pointing up at a bunch of lunch sack looking bags. I'm like, "What? But there's still a bucket option for the larger sizes, right? I mean you don't put buttered popcorn in a bag, right?" He looked embarrassed and said, "Yeah. And we get a lot of complaints." Hahaha

That's nasty. Not to mention it's difficult to carry multiple bags of popcorn if you have bought other stuff. Really weird.

Huh.........they still had tubs a month ago.

[Kung Wu]

Huh.........they still had tubs a month ago.

They were getting a lot of complaints. In fact, I think the guy at the counter even said they got threatened with a lawsuit because some guy had a suit (or something) ruined by one of the bags. I don't remember exactly what he said, but it was something along those lines. Maybe they brought the buckets back based on that?