Movies for baseballs

by Sean Frame

The University of Windsor’s Club Baseball is raising fund by creating a movie theater experience on campus.

On Jan. 30 the University of Windsor Lancers Baseball team hosted its first of many movie nights on campus in room 1120 at Erie Hall. UWin Cinema was created in order to raise funds for the team. The proceeds will go towards new equipment, uniforms and transportation to games. The cinema offers students and residents in the area an authentic movie theatre experience a cheaper price than an actual night at the movies would usually cost. This also ensures students living on campus will not have to travel long distances to go out and see a movie.

Rush , Ron Howard’s racing drama, kicked off the first night of UWin.

Adam Hyslop, co-manager of the baseball club, said the classroom really felt like a movie theatre. 1120 Erie Hall seats 455 people, whereas, an average theatre in SilverCity Windsor Cinema seats 579 guests.

“Almost everything went according to plan,” said Hyslop. “Sound was great and picture was great. Everything went as planned except unfortunately we did not get the numbers we were wanting.”

According to Hyslop, the baseball club was hoping to raise $300 per night, but ended up only raising $63 in tickets and concessions. He said if they got the initial numbers they hoped for, they would have profited $250 after expenses. At $3 a ticket for University students and $5 dollars for the general public they would have needed a minimum of 100 people. Hyslop said although they did not get the numbers they wanted they are positive word of mouth will bring in more people for their next screening.

“It felt pretty close to being a real movie theatre,” said Heather Filiatrault a chemistry student at the University of Windsor. “It actually surprised me the quality of the movie.”

UWin has a distribution deal which allows them to play movies shortly after their theatrical run. Hyslop said it is a long term goal for the club to have screenings on various different nights, but will continue regular screenings on Thursdays.

UWin will be screening The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Feb. 14.