May 26, 2007: Vol. 30, No. 21
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del.icio.usThe Brooklyn Academy of Music’s BAM Rose Cinema, Fort Greene’s movie theater, is raising prices to $11, making its admission among the most expensive in the city.
The $1 price hike ties BAM Rose with the Pavilion Park Slope for the highest-priced tickets in Brownstone Brooklyn.
“That’s about the most expensive I’ve heard,” said Patrick Corcoran, a spokesman for the National Association of Theatre Owners.
Indeed, according to the Motion Picture Association of America, the average price of a movie ticket in the United States at the end of 2006 was $6.55.
The $11 ticket brings the Fort Greene icon up to speed with many theaters in Manhattan, such as the Lincoln Plaza Cinemas, the Walter Reade Theater, the Paris Theatre, and most of the Clearview Cinemas. In Brooklyn, though, many moviehouses have held the line. The Alpine Cinemas in Bay Ridge and Cobble Hill Cinema charge $9.
BAM revealed the price change in an e-mail of its upcoming film schedule, but would not comment. Nonetheless, local movie buffs seemed OK with the price hike.
“Movie theaters in Manhattan have been charging $11 for a while now, and BAM Rose is the best movie theater in my neighborhood,” said Miriam Molnar, a Park Sloper and frequent moviegoer. “I will go no matter the cost.”
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