Live baseball coming to dying movie theatres--NY Times

"Coming soon to movie theatres will be broadcasts of live baseball games, rock concerts, classic TV shows and..other offerings not associated with the silver screen....

The New York Mets simulcast last August at Ziegfeld Theater in New York, where a live organist and the team mascot led viewers in singalongs as though they were in the ballpark.

“Tickets to watch the game in the theater sold out so quickly that we’re in talks to do a bunch more of them this summer,” said Dave Howard, Mets exec. vp for business operations."...

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