AMC announced a new ticket pricing tier based on where customers sit.

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AMC Announces Ticket Price Hike

Cinema chain AMC announcing a new ticket pricing tier, leading to outrage among movie goers AMC sightline program offering different prices for tickets based on where you sit in the theater. The standard sight lines are the most common seats in the auditorium closer to the aisles and on the right and left sides of the screen while these tickets will go for the usual price. But value sideline seats there, the first few rows which will be a little bit cheaper than the normal tickets and then preferred. These are the premium seats in the center of the theater which will cost more than the average price. So it's a real time model. But one way theaters trying to boost revenue of course, is this in the face of declining box office traffic, the new pricing feature is gonna kick off and select AMC theaters in new york Chicago and Kansas city this friday. So with this story in mind, it brings us to a poll of the day, we wanted to ask you about these price changes. Are you willing to pay more for better seats in the theater? No, 75%. I guess the follow up would be, are you going to the theater? Yes or no. Um you know, I'm not surprised that you would be paying more for better seats. But the hook here of course is that, you know, people who get the best seats they're like on top of it, they get this, they buy their tickets first. Uh, so I think they probably think they shouldn't be penalized. It's a good pull