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Dallas, Texas: Family Outdoor Movies Shown at the Five Star Sports Complex

By Open Air Cinema on March 3, 2010 in Outdoor Movie Events

Drive-in movies may be a thing of the past but outdoor cinema is thriving in The Colony. The Parks and Recreation Department invites the community to grab their blankets and lawn chairs for the next “Movies in the Park” event at Five Star Sports Complex.

“Kung Fu Panda,” the first of four upcoming features, is scheduled for March 12. The film is rated G. Gate and concessions open at 7 p.m., with the movie beginning at sunset (approximately 8 p.m.).Admission for “Movies in the Park” is free, however attendees are encouraged to arrive early as seating is first-come, first-served. Adult supervision is required for those under 18 years old.

“Movies in the Park is a great way to enjoy a fun-filled, family-oriented evening under the stars,” said Sree Kolloru, special events coordinator for The Colony. “In addition to our movie entertainment, you can enjoy affordable concessions provided by local service organizations.”

Fun Flicks Outdoor Movie Company Reports Successful Grand Openings in 12 States

By Open Air Cinema on May 26, 2009 in Outdoor Movie Events

Outdoor Movies Event planners across the country are rejoicing in the grand opening of thirteen new Fun Flicks Outdoor Movie Company locations in twelve states. The highly anticipated grand openings signify a new way to throw a community event or backyard party by combining the fun of the Drive-In with the convenience of a mobile cinema for a fun-filled night of watching movies under the stars. With 21 locations already underway, Fun Flicks is looking for new licensees across the United States.

Baltimore, MD (PRWEB) May 22, 2009 — The Fun Flicks Outdoor Movie Company is reporting they have had 13 successful grand openings in twelve different states since the start of the year. This brings the total of Fun Flick territories up to 21 different locations across the nation.

Fun Flicks provides event planners a unique way of ensuring their function is the talk of the town by offering outdoor movie equipment to rent for a fun-filled night of watching movies under the stars. Fun Flicks delivers a complete cinema with huge inflatable movie screens to schools, pools, neighborhoods, backyards, churches and parks and recreation departments. Utilizing the latest technologies, Fun Flicks has designed a system to offer quality service at half the price of competing companies – which helps save budgets during these current economic times.

The event planner simply provides the outdoor location and a movie, Fun Flicks does the rest by bringing a huge mobile inflatable movie screen, along with the projection and sound systems to entertain family and friend groups from 5 to 5,000.

The response has been overwhelming, with 10 states including Los Angeles, Austin & Phoenix opening up in less than 12 months. The latest round of grand openings were announced in Connecticut, Long Island, Virginia Beach, New Orleans, Alabama, Indiana, Kansas, along with Dallas and Houston in Texas. This goes along with the existing businesses in Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, New Jersey and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Todd Severn, President of Fun Flicks, said: “One of the greatest joys we have experienced is the countless ‘thank yous’ we receive from parents, school officials, offices managers and event planners who have thrown the party of the year with Fun Flicks Outdoor Movies. We know we can’t duplicate that nostalgic era of the 50’s Drive-In, but we can sure bring some of its fun back, and we want you to contribute!”

Fun Flicks is offering licenses to entrepreneurs who want to start their own business in other cities and states. Similar to a franchise, Fun Flicks introduced its successful home-based business model in 2008 to entrepreneurs who want to own their own unique home business but are looking for a proven blueprint for success.

Severn said: “Fun Flicks offers entrepreneurs a proven, unique business opportunity and our licensees tell us how much fun they have running a business that helps people have fun by hosting outdoor movie events.”

The reason for the success of Fun Flicks licensees is how Fun Flicks supports its entrepreneurs. Each business owner has the option to complete an education program to learn the proven system. They are provided with custom ad design and a creative website. Business owners also have a network of other support under the Fun Flicks Brand umbrella.

Furthermore, each licensee receives unlimited customer leads from the top placement of advertising on Google, Yahoo!, MSN, AOL and other major search engines. Each approved licensee has a protected territory with absolutely no competition, making territories a premium.

Source: http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/05/prweb2282514.htm

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Dallas, Texas: Outdoor Movies Could Make A Big Difference in Small Communities

By Open Air Cinema on November 12, 2008 in Outdoor Movie Events

Outdoor Movies Could Make a Big Difference in Dallas, Texas What should Dallas do to spur sustainable development? Should we focus on big, iconic projects or smaller-scale initiatives, like pocket parks with outdoor movies? Former Mayor Ron Kirk surely spoke for many when he said Dallas has to do both. But how realistic is that in an era of diminished financial resources? Does the future of Dallas look more like vast Victory Park or like the homey Bishop Arts District? (A generational divide on that question emerged in one seminar.)

Personally, I believe in what you might call the preferential option for pocket parks. I asked the seminar at one point why, on Election Night, the Bishop Arts District was the place to be, but Victory Park was not? Someone said, “Because it’s real.” Yes! Exactly!

More to the point, ordinary people can go to the Bishop Arts District, which lacks a gathering space or a plaza, and walk around, find something to eat, and so forth. If you go to Victory Park, it’s all high-priced grub, and off-putting bigness. I was talking about this with an East Dallas friend yesterday, who said that he gets more excited by things like that new strip of restaurants on Henderson Street than about big new things that open downtown. I know exactly what he means. In that strip, the Fish City Grill has become kind of a neighborhood hangout for families with kids. Families can afford to eat there, and the management makes a point of getting to know your name and face, and being nice to neighborhood people. It really feels like someplace.

Don’t get me wrong, I appreciate that we’re building an Arts district. But it’s not for families like us, for the most part. It’s too expensive. A young man said that what this city needs is to do things like spend money buying outdoor movie projectors, and have movie night in city parks, inviting folks to bring picnic dinners and blankets, and watch a movie together. When I lived in Brooklyn, NY, we had that, and it was a blast! Small, simple things that are accessible to all, or to most. That’s what builds a sense of place, and loyalty to that place.

–from “Should Dallas Grow Big or Small?” by Rod Dreher
Read full article at: http://dallasmorningviewsblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2008/11/should-dallas-g.html

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