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AMC Bets on Half-Price Tix
to Win Back Moviegoers

Jul 14, 2025 8:15 AM CDT

AMC Bets on Half-Price Tix to Win Back Moviegoers

Midweek deals target streaming competition, boost flagging theater attendance

(Newser) - With streaming platforms, pricey tickets, and concession costs taking a bite out of movie theater attendance, AMC is hoping half-price tickets on Tuesdays and Wednesdays will coax customers back. The nation's leading cinema chain, which announced in May that it would be offering half-price tickets on Wednesdays throughout...

MLB Attendance Climbs, Stays Below Pre-Pandemic Numbers

Baseball Crowds Were Bigger,
but Not at Pre-Pandemic Levels

Oct 7, 2022 2:15 PM CDT

Baseball Crowds Were Bigger, but Not at Pre-Pandemic Levels

More than 64M fans went to games this season

(Newser) - Even with home run chases by Aaron Judge and Albert Pujols, Major League Baseball wasn't able to coax fans to ballparks at pre-pandemic levels this season, though attendance did jump substantially from the COVID-affected campaign in 2021. The 30 MLB teams drew nearly 64.6 million fans for the...

Berkeley Schools Invest in Attendance—and It Works

May 29, 2012 6:24 PM CDT

Berkeley Schools Invest in Attendance—and It Works

Brings in extra $1M in funding

(Newser) - Berkeley schools' superintendent had enough cash in hand to hire three new teachers a year ago—but he chose to take a risk. Bill Huyett opted to spend $250,000 on new administrative staff dedicated to making sure kids showed up at school. Looks like it worked: After nine months,...

School Takes Roll
With Fingerprint Scans

Oct 7, 2011 1:17 PM CDT

School Takes Roll With Fingerprint Scans

Scanners to be installed on buses, too

(Newser) - Roll-calls are so 20th century. A cutting-edge Florida district is scanning students' fingerprints as a way of taking attendance, Popular Science reports. And the schools are getting even more careful: While the scanning systems are currently in school buildings, some will soon be moved to buses, allowing the district to...

GOP Sets New Rules
for House

Dec 22, 2010 12:50 PM CST

GOP Sets New Rules for House

Attendance records, amendment texts, vote results to go online

(Newser) - Republicans are taking over the House, and they’re bringing a list of new rules with them. Some key changes, set for adoption Jan. 5, from Politico :

Raising the US debt ceiling will now require a direct vote, something House members had, in the past, been able to avoid.
Committees

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In Recession, NFL
Blackout Rule Raises Ire

Sep 10, 2009 3:52 PM CDT

In Recession, NFL Blackout Rule Raises Ire

To fill seats, league holds local TV broadcasts hostage

(Newser) - High ticket prices and the recession are taking their toll on attendance at pro football games. But if you can’t afford the stadium, at least you can watch at home, right? Wrong. The NFL is sticking to its “blackout” policy—no local broadcast if the stadium doesn’t...

Obamas Ride Wave of Interest in National Parks

Aug 14, 2009 3:42 PM CDT

Obamas Ride Wave of Interest in National Parks

Yellowstone-bound first family will add to record number of visitors

(Newser) - The Obama family will visit Yellowstone and the Grand Canyon this weekend, doing their part to add to this year's already-booming national parks attendance figures, USA Today reports. Yellowstone hit a record high of 900,500 visitors in July—up 11% from last year, and 6% over the 1995 record—...

Recession Takes Bite
Out of CES Buzz

Jan 9, 2009 1:40 PM CST

Recession Takes Bite Out of CES Buzz

Attendance down at Las Vegas electronics expo

(Newser) - Whether or not the gadgets make a splash, this year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas is certainly a low-voltage affair, Reuters reports. The sputtering economy has slashed turnout at the expo, which in years past hosted “so many people it’s hard to walk around.” And tech...