A statement on the company's website noted that they focused on mid-size market areas consisting of populations between 100,000 and 400,000 people.[3]
Great Escape Theatres was sold to Regal Cinemas for approximately $91m in December 2012.
The company operated 305 screens at 26 locations.[4] Thirty-eight additional screens were planned for construction in 2009 and 2010. The chain employed a workforce of over 500 people.
The location in Fenton, Missouri, won Best Theater in the St. Louis, Missouri area in the July 2009 issue of St. Louis Magazine.[citation needed]
A location opened in Simpsonville, South Carolina, in early 2010 and Dickson City, Pennsylvania, in late 2010.
Management
The following individuals composed the operating team for Great Escape Theatres.
Anne Ragains-President and CEO
Chance Ragains-Chief Operating Officer
David Poland-VP of Operations
Jamie Bowles-Director of Information Technology
Billy Geltmaker-Operations Administration Manager
Chris Aulisio-Director of Operations - West
Frank Mack-Director of Operations - East
Richard Lintker-Area Manager - Midwest
Customer perks
Great Escape Theatres offers such customer service benefits as online ticket purchase and free concession refills on all large sizes.
Great Escape Theatres also offers an incentive program known as the Critics Choice card. The Critics Choice card is a loyalty card program that allowed members to earn points towards free concessions and other items.
great, escape, theatres, this, article, contains, content, that, written, like, advertisement, please, help, improve, removing, promotional, content, inappropriate, external, links, adding, encyclopedic, content, written, from, neutral, point, view, july, 2019. This article contains content that is written like an advertisement Please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view July 2019 Learn how and when to remove this template message Great Escape Theatres was a movie theatre chain that operated movie theatres primarily in the Midwestern United States The chain had its headquarters in New Albany Indiana located just across the Ohio River from Louisville Kentucky In November 2012 Alliance Entertainment parent company of Great Escape sold its movie theatre portfolio except for the Princess 4 in Oxford Ohio to Regal Entertainment Group 1 2 Great Escape TheatresTypePrivateIndustryMotion Picture ExhibitionFoundedMay 1997 Bedford Indiana United StatesDefunctNovember 2012SuccessorRegal Entertainment GroupHeadquartersNew Albany Indiana United StatesKey peopleAnne Ragains CEOWebsitewww greatescapetheatres com Contents 1 Company history 2 Management 3 Customer perks 4 Theatre locations 5 ReferencesCompany history EditThe company was operated by Alliance Entertainment The first theatre in the chain opened in Bedford Indiana in May 1997 The company thereafter opened locations in Indiana Kentucky Illinois Ohio Tennessee Pennsylvania West Virginia Nebraska Missouri and Georgia A statement on the company s website noted that they focused on mid size market areas consisting of populations between 100 000 and 400 000 people 3 Great Escape Theatres was sold to Regal Cinemas for approximately 91m in December 2012 The company operated 305 screens at 26 locations 4 Thirty eight additional screens were planned for construction in 2009 and 2010 The chain employed a workforce of over 500 people The location in Fenton Missouri won Best Theater in the St Louis Missouri area in the July 2009 issue of St Louis Magazine citation needed A location opened in Simpsonville South Carolina in early 2010 and Dickson City Pennsylvania in late 2010 Management EditThe following individuals composed the operating team for Great Escape Theatres Anne Ragains President and CEO Chance Ragains Chief Operating Officer David Poland VP of Operations Jamie Bowles Director of Information Technology Billy Geltmaker Operations Administration Manager Chris Aulisio Director of Operations West Frank Mack Director of Operations East Richard Lintker Area Manager MidwestCustomer perks EditGreat Escape Theatres offers such customer service benefits as online ticket purchase and free concession refills on all large sizes Great Escape Theatres also offers an incentive program known as the Critics Choice card The Critics Choice card is a loyalty card program that allowed members to earn points towards free concessions and other items Theatre locations EditGreat Escape Theatre Locations Theatre Location Date Opened or AcquiredBedford 7 Bedford Indiana May 1997Seymour 8 Seymour Indiana May 1999Oldham 8 La Grange Kentucky Sept 1998 closed May 7 2013 Madison 6 Madison Indiana Sept 1998Weston 4 Weston West Virginia Sept 1998 closed Princess 4 Oxford Ohio May 2000 closed Nov 2012 1 Wilder 14 Wilder Kentucky Jan 2001Bowling Green 12 Bowling Green Kentucky May 2002New Albany 16 New Albany Indiana June 2003Clarksville 16 Clarksville Tennessee Oct 2003Shelbyville 8 Shelbyville Kentucky Nov 2003Williamsport 12 Muncy Pennsylvania April 2004Noblesville 10 Noblesville Indiana Oct 2004Greenwood 10 Bowling Green Kentucky Nov 2004Wilkes Barre 4 Wilkes Barre PA Nov 2004 closed 2008 Massilon 12 Massillon Ohio May 2005Moline 14 Moline Illinois May 2005Nitro 12 Nitro West Virginia June 2005O Fallon 14 O Fallon Missouri Sept 2005McDonough 16 McDonough Georgia Nov 2005Lebanon Valley 10 Lebanon PA July 2006Omaha 16 Omaha Nebraska Oct 2006River Falls 12 Clarksville Indiana Nov 2006Harrisburg 14 Harrisburg PA Nov 2007Hamilton Mill 14 Dacula GA July 11 2008Gravois Bluffs 12 Fenton MO Dec 19 2008Simpsonville 14 IMAX Simpsonville SC April 26 2010Dickson City 14 IMAX Dickson City PA November 4 2010 The Bowling Green 12 Theatre Bowling Green KY References Edit a b The Last Picture Show Oxford Townie oxfordtownie com Archived from the original on 2012 12 01 http eon businesswire com news eon 20121129006377 en bare URL Great Escape Theatres Great Escape Theatres Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Great Escape Theatres amp oldid 1124669780, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
