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dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts) Thu Mar 3, 2016, 09:01 PM Mar 2016

AMC Entertainment to buy Carmike Cinemas $1.1 billion deal, creats world's largest theater chain

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Monopolies are not a good thing, as a rule.

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AMC Entertainment to buy Carmike Cinemas $1.1 billion deal, creats world's largest theater chain (Original Post) dixiegrrrrl Mar 2016 OP

Does Carmike go by another name or are they completely regional? Renew Deal Mar 2016 #1

Seem to be Southern/SE dixiegrrrrl Mar 2016 #3

And didn't a Chinese company buy AMC awhile back? n/t fredamae Mar 2016 #2

Google sez... dixiegrrrrl Mar 2016 #4

Renew Deal

(81,846 posts)

1. Does Carmike go by another name or are they completely regional?

Reply to dixiegrrrrl (Original post)

Thu Mar 3, 2016, 09:03 PM

Mar 2016

I've never heard of them.

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)

3. Seem to be Southern/SE

Reply to Renew Deal (Reply #1)

Thu Mar 3, 2016, 09:53 PM

Mar 2016

A few on the west coast, not many.

http://www.carmike.com/Browse/Theaters

fredamae

(4,458 posts)

2. And didn't a Chinese company buy AMC awhile back? n/t

Reply to dixiegrrrrl (Original post)

Thu Mar 3, 2016, 09:16 PM

Mar 2016

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)

4. Google sez...

Reply to fredamae (Reply #2)

Thu Mar 3, 2016, 09:54 PM

Mar 2016

4 September 2012 The acquisition made Wanda the world's largest cinema chain. Wang Jianlin, CEO of Dalian Wanda Group, announced that the company would plan to spend $500 million renovating AMC Theatres.

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