They also have a bar and grill that serves food inside and outside. Food and drinks are pretty good. They run specials
Their answer would be it would take away money from concessions in the theater
Because most theaters make their profits off of their concessions.
Consessions, of course! This theatre has a restaurant and bar, plus the old favorites, so no need to bring outside food.
For 2 reasons, the first being the alcohol license disallows all outside beverages. The second is the same reason you can't bring in your own food to arenas and concerts, this is how venues make enough money to stay open. Historically, theatres make only a small percentage of ticket prices, not nearly enough to pay bills. Movies like star wars can be upwards of 75 percent in some circumstances. Lastly, my own reasoning: Do you want to sit next to someone eating pungent food like fish during a 2 hour movie?
They don't frisk you or do bag checks or anything like that so I doubt you'd find yourself in trouble if you brought in outside food. The cinema grill food is pretty good, though, and they'll deliver it to your seat!
I'm not sure any movie theatres allow this as it would significantly cut down on their profit
Theaters don't make much money from tickets. Most of it goes back to the movie producers. They make money from food and drinks they sell. If you bring in outside food, they don't make any money really.
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