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Freedom Alert: Marcus Corporation does not support your rights

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hugh jarmis

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As per our members experience and subsequent communications with executives at Marcus Corporation please be aware that Marcus Corporation doesn't support your right to carry. Oh wait... they support your right to carry. Just as long as its not on "their" property. Hypocrisy at its finest.

As such please be avoid patronizing Marcus Corporation establishments in the future:

A list of hotel/resort properties can be found here:

http://www.marcusresorts.com/hotel_portfolio/hotel_portfolio.asp

A list of Marcus owned theatres is here:

http://www.marcustheatres.com/index_sub.cfm?pageid=subpages/locations.cfm

As we have many choices in movie theatres and resert/hotel options it should be very easy to avoid patronizing a business that does not support your rights as law-abiding citizens.

Carry on (just not at Marcus properties)

While you are at it feel free to email the president of Marcus Theatres and executive at Marcus Corporation to let them know about the business they will be losing:

bruceolson@marcustheatres.com

tomkissinger@marcuscorp.com
 
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I'm thinking as a courtesy to Marcus Corporation we should also pass this information along to other forums.

glocktalk

ar-15.com

I forget my login for those. Can someone please post to those forums and include a link here.

Any other forums we should post this too? Please list:



As a courtesy I have emailed a link to this thread to the executives at Marcus corporation.

I note that Marcus corporation is in several states, I will post this in the respective state-specific forums there also.
 
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I'll post it on GT and AR15, however, I think we should add something to have them contact Marcus and let them know they aren't going to patronize there business because of this. I would still like to patronize their business, I'd rather have them change their policies!

a list of email address of the executives would help...
 
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Here are a list of Top Executives I've found...

Stephen Marcus, Chairman
Douglas Neis, CFO and Treasurer
H. Fred Delmenhorst, VP- HR
Bruce Olson, Group VP - bruceolson@marcustheatres.com
Thomas Kissinger, Gen. Counsel and Sec. - tomkissinger@marcuscorp.com


based on the 2 confirmed email addresses we have we could assume the same format and send them to both the marcustheatres.com and marcuscorp.com addresses and see what happens...

(UPDATED) meaning these addresses until we confirm...
douglasneis@marcustheatres.com (only address that didn't come back as recipient failed)



and of course these two...
bruceolson@marcustheatres.com
tomkissinger@marcuscorp.com
 
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I also posted this alert to every state that has a Marcus hotel/resort property in addition to the states that have Marcus Theatres:

Illinois
Iowa
California
Arizona
Texas
Missouri
North Dakota
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Ohio
Minnesota
 
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I sent emails to all of those address above, we'll see if I get any responses back (or fail to deliver messages)...
 
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Mugenlude wrote:
I sent emails to all of those address above, we'll see if I get any responses back (or fail to deliver messages)...
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douglasneis@marcustheatres.com is the only address that did not come back as recipient failed.... I updated my post above, it would be nice to find the email address of the other executives, if you can do so please let us know.
 
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Well to those of in the Milwaukee area the theater in the Mayfair mall is owned by AMC not Marcus. Looks like I'll be seeing Inglorious Bastards and District 9 there. Of course we just might run into the same issues there...

/sigh
 
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Just a note, if you're in Madison, your movie theater choices are screwed. The only non-Marcus theater that I'm aware of is Sundance Cinema. Now, they're so far up their own asses that I'd assume they'd call the cops on an OCer, but it doesn't matter, because they serve beer and wine there, so it's illegal.
 
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hugh jarmis wrote:
As per our members experience and subsequent communications with executives at Marcus Corporation please be aware that Marcus Corporation doesn't support your right to carry. Oh wait... they support your right to carry. Just as long as its not on "their" property. Hypocrisy at its finest.
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What did Marcus Corp. do?
 
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HankT wrote:
hugh jarmis wrote:
As per our members experience and subsequent communications with executives at Marcus Corporation please be aware that Marcus Corporation doesn't support your right to carry. Oh wait... they support your right to carry. Just as long as its not on "their" property. Hypocrisy at its finest.
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What did Marcus Corp. do?
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I was asked to place my firearm in the car while waiting quietly for the movie to start.
 
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lowdog wrote:
can you post what they said in their response?
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From: Bruce Olson (bruceolson@marcustheatres.com)
Sent: Wed 8/19/09 7:40 AM
Cc: Tom Kissinger (tomkissinger@marcuscorp.com)

Code: 
In response to your concerns about not permitting our patrons to carry
weapons into out theatres, please understand that The Marcus Corporation
does not allow its customers to carry firearms onto its premises.  We
believe this policy helps us to provide a safe environment for our
guests. We have also been assured by counsel that our policy is
consistent with all laws and does not violate the Wisconsin
Constitution.

Thank you for bringing this matter to our attention and I hope you
better appreciate our position.
 
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GlockMeisterG21 wrote:
HankT wrote:
What did Marcus Corp. do?
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I was asked to place my firearm in the car while waiting quietly for the movie to start.
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OK. Thanks.



GlockMeisterG21 wrote:
From: Bruce Olson (bruceolson@marcustheatres.com)
Sent: Wed 8/19/09 7:40 AM
Cc: Tom Kissinger (tomkissinger@marcuscorp.com)

Code: 
In response to your concerns about not permitting our patrons to carry
weapons into out theatres, please understand that The Marcus Corporation
does not allow its customers to carry firearms onto its premises. We
believe this policy helps us to provide a safe environment for our
guests. We have also been assured by counsel that our policy is
consistent with all laws and does not violate the Wisconsin
Constitution.

Thank you for bringing this matter to our attention and I hope you
better appreciate our position.
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Doesn't seem hypocritical, as HJ suggests. They just don't want OC (or CC) on there property is all.

A national boycott call for this? Uh, OK. I'm down wit dat. I won't go to any Marcus theaters. Of course, they don't have any in my state. But if they open one up here...

BTW, what are the policies regarding guns of the alternative resorts and theaters?
 
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Last time I went to the movies I was OCing at Marcus Theater in La Crosse. Nobody really seemed to notice though, except the couple I sat behind because they got up and moved when we sat down.

But for me, it's either go to Marcus Theaters, or some other really shitty theater with no drink holders, old hard seats, and horrible surround sound. Marcus gives military discount, so I get in for $6.50 at night...the other is like $9.

I don't go to the theater often, but least Marcus supports the military.
 
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