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Tim League controversially offered a remote job to an accused employee
“I made the decision at the board meeting to offer him a copy editing position that he could do from home.”
Tim League: Streaming will not replace consumer demand for cinema experiences
“No matter how much streaming content you watch at home, you want to get out, you want to be a part of an event, you want to have experiences. So I think there's legit pressure to up the game to make sure that our industry, cinema industry, delivers, you know, …”
League: Alamo Drafthouse had two payroll cycles left in December 2020
“We probably had about two payroll cycles left before we were done. And so in December, we took on some basically distressed asset financing, right? So that money's not cheap, but turns out not a lot of people waiting in line to invest in movie theaters at in D…”
Tim League: Used $50,000 Shell savings to open first theater
“And I had accumulated 50,000 dollars in two years at Shell, and so that's what I used to open up the first one, that, that nest egg.”
League: Second-run art house licensing standard is $200 minimum vs 35%
“The way it generally works, there's a minimum of, like, a couple hundred dollars versus 35% of the box office. That's kind of like the standard for second-run art house films”
League: Alamo Drafthouse trains servers to crouch and know movie timings
“It's a huge part of our training to, you know wear black and crouch down and know the movie. Don't disrupt during you know a key pivotal moment”
Tim League: Alamo Drafthouse funded second theater with $300,000 in profits
“That one was 300,000 dollars and we just financed it out of profits.”
Alamo Drafthouse launched anonymous feedback and public monthly staff reviews
“So what we did in the wake of it is we established a really robust Anonymous engine where I would start my day every day and just read comments from teammates across the country, and we had a monthly all staff meeting where the ones that were the hardest, we w…”
Tim League: Signed Tejon Theater lease about eight days after seeing sign
“Yeah, I think the amount of time we're talking about from turning left on Baker Street and seeing that for a lease sign to signing the lease, I think, was about eight days.”