This would be cool...

Movie Theaters To Feature Sports, Peanuts and Beer

Movie theaters are likely to begin screening live 3-D telecasts of sports events by 2007, according to Shari Redstone, president of the National Amusements theater chain, the controlling shareholder of Viacom and CBS, Inc. "We want to transition our theaters from being traditional movie theaters to being community entertainment destinations, and what better way to do this than sports?" Redstone told Reuters Thursday. She pointed to the success that her company has had presenting Boston Red Sox baseball games in its Showcase Cinemas in several New England cities on weekday nights, where vendors sell hot dogs, peanuts and beer in the aisles. "We are not just putting the game up on the big screen but making the experience like being in Fenway Park," Redstone told the wire service. "The experience is more important, really, than what you are showing."


It would be cool to go a theater to watch something like the Final Four, the World Series, NBA Finals, etc.