But if Shiraz Jivani was smart enough to go for $5 admission for every day, every show with free popcorn, and marketed it heavily, he’d get people to come out. How could you spend $10.50 to see a Hollywood release there? Makes no sense if you’ve ever seen a movie at Naz 8 or remember when it was Super Saver Cinemas.

NAZ is charging $8.00 matinee, $10.50 regular price, for Bollywood AND Hollwyood movies. The $8 matinee prices is for all ages, but the regular admission for children is $8.00

http://movies.sulekha.com/showtimes/showtime.aspx?nma=SFO&tid=27752

$10.50 for a Saturday night showing of a new Hollywood release even further supports my positions. I’d rather pay $10.75 at Century 25 UC than $10.50 at a crappy former second run movie theater (remember when it was Super Saver Cinemas with $2 admission for second run films??)

Heck, I grew up in the Poconos in PA in the 50′s and even then our one movie house had a sloped floor!

Naz 8 does not even have regular sloping style seating like at the Cinedomes.

Naz 8 Theaters are flat. I know. I’ve seen Bollywood movies there. Even for bollywood, it’s not enjoyable because a tall person sits in front of you and you are can’t see the screen.

First off, it’s a poorly run small theater. The theaters themselves don’t slope, so if someone tall sits in front of you, you are out of luck.

Nobody is going to pay $9.50 to see an american movie, even with free popcorn, when you can go to UC for $10-11 and see the movie in a better theater. The price difference isn’t that substantial.

What I’ve been telling people is that if Mr. Jivani really wants to get more people to see american movies there, he needs to substantially lower the price to get people to stop going to UC/Milpitas and build up some loyalty among non-Indian Fremont citizens. I’m thinking every day, every show $5.00 with free popcorn (popcorn will get people to buy sodas, which have huge profit margins).

$5.00 v. $10, 10.50, or even 10.75 (Fri-Sat after 6pm at Century 25 in UC) is a no brainer. $9.50 vs. those prices? Not so much, especially for the quality of Naz Theaters.

Another thing is that he wants to attract non-Indians, but the past few weeks I’ve walked around that center and by the theater. Didn’t see a single non-indian go there. Can’t imagine many are going to see the “Hollywood” movies.

Finally, none of the Naz articles the past few months mentioned that Mr. Jivani was the last owner of the Cinedome 8 East. For the last year of Cinedome 8 East’s operation, at least one Bollywood or Tamil film would play there. In fact in the Indian community there was talk that this would become the new Naz. I haven’t seen much of that discussed anywhere.