Seattle fans still buying tickets for ‘The Dark Knight Rises’
Jul 20, 2012, 7:09 AM | Updated: 11:03 am
Seattle movie fans excited for the premiere of the highly
anticipated release of the latest installment in the
Batman series are still buying tickets for showings after
12 people were killed and 59 injured in a shooting rampage
at a midnight showing in Colorado.
“It’s frightening to know that stuff like that, especially
during a fun time, something so tragic can happen. It kind
of puts you on the edge, obviously,” says Mario, who was
entering a Friday morning showing of “The Dark Knight
Rises” at the IMAX theater at Pacific Science Center.
Oliver Marquiz was one of the first people in line for the
6:15 a.m. Science Center showing the morning after the
shooting.
“Please God, please don’t have anybody like that in
Seattle, was my initial reaction. That’s a tragedy. That
is scary,” says Marquiz.
Moviegoer Chris Darecoop says he’s thinking about the
victims, but hopes he’ll still get lost in the experience
of the show.
“If you spend your time worrying about stuff like that,
you go insane. Stuff happens and you can’t do anything
about most things in life, so let’s just worry about the
things you can do something about,” says Darecoop.
Some say this event will have a major impact on security
at movie theaters.
“When we have incidences like this in America, things are
never the same afterwards. Things were never the same
after 9/11, things were never the same after Columbine,
Virginia Tech, and now this incident. It will change
America,” Colorado Congressman Mike Coffman tells CBS.
Fans outside the theater in Seattle say they’d never
really worried about security at theaters before.
Management at the IMAX theater at the Pacific Science
Center say an attack on the theater is not something they
had spent much time preparing for.
Statement on Theater Safety from Pacific Science
Center:
“The safety and security of our guests and staff is and
always has been a top priority for Pacific Science Center.
Our Boeing IMAX Theater, where the Dark Knight is
currently showing, is located within Pacific Science
Center’s fenced facility and there is no direct outside
access to the theater’s seating area. Off-duty Seattle
Police officers provide security during busy weekends and
were already scheduled to be on-site during this nearly-
sold out opening weekend. Pacific Science Center also
contracts with a private firm to ensure security seven
days a week.”
Michal Anderson
Chief Financial & Operating Officer
Pacific Science Center
