You Don't Have To Sneak Your Own Food Into Movie Theaters Anymore!!

Good news for movie fans who like to sneak their own food and drinks into movie theaters. Century Theaters now allows its guests to bring their own food and beverages into their theaters, and you don't have to be sneaky about it. A few weeks ago I bought a Starbucks iced coffee beverage on my way to the Century Theaters at South Point here in Las Vegas. I parked my car, walked the quarter mile from the parking lot all the way through the casino, past the sports book, and made the U-turn up the escalators next to the poker room. I looked down upon all the gamblers and thought to myself, ‘That's it. Keep it up, all you high and low rollers. Keep paying my state taxes... that's it.'

It was at about that moment when I realized that my iced coffee beverage was still considerably full. I was two minutes late for the movie, which meant they were still showing previews, so I wasn't worried. However, I knew I would have to chug my iced coffee and risk a brain-freeze in order to not waste anymore time or coffee. Suddenly I became frustrated. Here we are, it's 2008, a man can die for his country at age 18, but I can't bring my coffee beverage into the movie theater? I got up to the ticket counter, ordered my movie ticket, and was almost tempted to Jedi wave the ticket guy and say "You will let me bring my iced coffee beverage into the movie theater." Instead, I held up my beverage and said, "I'm not allowed to bring this in, am I?" And to my amazement, the ticket... wait... let's make this like a scene in a movie!

INT. -- SOUTHPOINT MOVIE THEATER TICKET COUNTER - DAY
Our hero, PRESTON, approaches the ticket counter. He winces, shaking off the brain-freeze whilst grasping his ice cold coffee beverage. The kid at the ticket counter appears to be half asleep.

TICKET GUY

Can I help you?

PRESTON
Yeah, one ticket for No Country For Old Men.

TICKET GUY
That'll be seven dollars and twenty-five cents.

PRESTON
(holding up coffee beverage)

I'm not allowed to bring this in, am I?

TICKET GUY
Yeah.

Preston is startled. His jaw drops in utter surprise.

PRESTON
You mean to tell me... I can bring... this drink
into the movie theater?

TICKET GUY
Yeah, as long as it's not in a glass container,

you can bring in your own drinks. We

allow you to bring in your own food as well.

PRESTON
Why thank you, kind sir.

Preston takes his ticket and walks toward the theaters.

TICKET GUY
Excuse me, mister? Did anyone ever tell

you that you look just like Brad Pitt?

PRESTON
I get that all the time.

Preston turns and continues into the theaters, disappearing into theater six.

That's exactly how it went down. So there you have it. According to the ticket guy at South Point Century Theaters, you are allowed to bring in your own food and drinks! Hallelujah!!!! It's about time. Good things really do happen to good people, or at least to movie fans.