Traer Theatre - Traer, Iowa
Northwood: Jon Panfil, Board President
Traer has 1,700 people and about 3,400 people in surrounding areas
144 seat theater in 20ft wide building
Movies Friday - Monday at 7:00 PM and Sunday Matinee
Movies usually a week or so after release date
They sometimes rent it cheaply for private showing, covering costs
1 paid manager, 1 paid projector person and volunteers for tix, concessions
Was gutted between the buildings to dirt floor, only thing they kept was the roof
Thought they put in $100K for materials, all work was donated, had some materials (counters, custom cabinets, plumbing donated), seats used & free
Took less than a year
Had to rails $60K more for digital projector
They went simple and cheap
Kids movies do the best
Started at $1, went to $3