re: Rave Motion Pictures - No Minors after 8pm

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By the way, why is everyone afraid of teenagers standing outside of a movie theater?

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is this a serious question?

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Still though, this is pretty shitty for the teenagers who actually go in and watch the movie. Why not just have someone posted up outside making sure people don't loiter?

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Like I said, we have always tried to be seen as a family establishment. I've been to too many theaters in cities all over the U.S. that just let teenagers run crazy all over their location. We have tried managing it from within but too many teenagers are coming to our theaters and purchasing tickets just to hang out and talk to girls. That is fine and dandy as I used to be one of those teens, but that is not what we want.

Rave is a fairly new theater chain that is looking for the overall experience, while still catering to the masses.

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is this a serious question?

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I'm not saying they should be allowed to loiter, just wondering who pulls up and sees kids standing around and says, "Well, this isn't happening tonight." Is it the second hand smoke? Do they have guns? Are they going to mug anyone on the way to the ticket counter? I'm just asking.

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after a few weeks i'm sure this policy will be laxed a bit and kids who look like they're legitimately going to just watch the movie will be let in here or there

the message has to be sent, and i think this is an effective message

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Rave has done the 8pm Minor Policy in 3 other major markets and have sticked to their guns. We do not enjoy having to babysit teenagers who come to "hang out". It has come to the point to where most parents just drop their kids off to do god knows what at whatever public establishment they are at.

I can tell you that both locations have been pushing for this for over a year now and we finally got what we wanted. Of course there will be some that slip through the cracks, but I can tell you that if you come to our theaters after 8pm, you will know that we are pushing this policy.

shite goes down ALLL the time, or at least a very disproportionate amount of time

a few weeks ago there was a HUGE fight or something

and that's supposed to be the nice movie theatre

dzibari, with the exception of a couple of posters the rest of us support this idea so no need to explain yourself any further

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if you have kids you are going to be so pissed they enforced these rules

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you're an irresponsible parent if you drop your kids off at the ghetto known as rave alone

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Oh, so we're talking about THAT kind of loitering

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while i'm sure there are plenty of kids who are doing nothing more than just hanging out, there are a ton of thug arse trash that fricks around out there. i mean it's not to the point where i'd refuse to go alone, but i'd prefer not to just because

the OP said citiplace had his policy

last i heard there is NO fricking way this could be true

The Mall Rave is going to be quite a battle - I'm not going to lie.

The O'neal Rave will be a lot easier as you pretty much only go in that area to see a movie or get a quick bite.