The Green Tree 10 movie theater has been gone for months now, Kentucky Kingdom is being sold off piece-by-piece and won’t be around this summer.
Let us hold a moment of silence in honor of our beloved venues that have passed on.
Now, I’ve heard it time and time again — What is there cheap to do around New Albany?
The answer — Not much.
We, the college student community, are underappreciated, especially in the entertainment industry.
I realize that if we look for cheap things to do in the Southern Indiana area and Louisville area, there isn’t much of variety unless you get very creative.
The increased amount of marijuana and burned bacon on campus is proof of that.
However, if you want to rent a movie or game, there are lots of places to do that, and a variety of places to bowl.
Clarksville has a roller skating rink and the Atlantis theme park.
However, even those less than $10 prices can cut into a budget.
What happened to student discounts? If they still exist, they sure aren’t advertised.
I’ve searched for places that offer student discounts since I started at IU Southeast and yet to find one.
The only place I’m aware of — that offers any kind of discount close to the prices at The Green Tree 10 — is The Village 8 movie theater in Louisville on Tuesday night.
By the time I figure in gas and popcorn, I might as well hit up The Great Escape and buy my own popcorn at Wal-mart.
When will the entertainment sources figure out that we aren’t made of money?
The books we buy are expensive, our tuition bills aren’t fun and, with all other expenses, how are we going to be able to afford the fun stuff?
I recently went to Muncie, Ind., and heard a group of Ball State University students talk about how nearly every entertainment venue had some sort of discount.
As several other Indiana state students reciprocated that they had similar discounts, my thought was, why not New Albany?
As a city that contains a fairly large campus with resident housing, why is there not more outreach to the students?
I personally think that by offering a discount to students, we would be more inclined to visit that establishment.
We always look for freebies, discounts and incentives to visit fun places.
While I understand the parks are free, as well as museums and libraries, but sometimes you just need a theater or bowling alley.
When will people realize that if there is a worthy activity that’s fairly cheap and, most of all, FUN, we will be there?
Until then, it’s back to board games, egg tosses, scavenger hunts, three-legged races and water balloon fights.
By GRACE STAMPER
Editor
gstamper@umail.iu.edu
