‘The Odyssey’ IMAX 70mm screenings in NYC are a Trojan horse for ticket scalpers - Gothamist
High demand for IMAX 70mm screenings of 'The Odyssey' in New York City has led to a surge in ticket scalping and online scams. Fans are losing money to fraudulent sellers while attempting to secure seats for the exclusive cinematic experience.
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It highlights the intersection of high-end cultural demand and the vulnerability of consumers to digital fraud in the secondary ticket market.
Getting a ticket to see the hottest movie of the summer in the IMAX theater in Lincoln Square is its own perilous “Odyssey” featuring the siren song of scammers and scalpers.
AMC Lincoln Square 13 Theater on the Upper West Side is the only spot in the city — and one of just 41 in the world — capable of projecting the full IMAX 70mm cut of Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey,” which premiered Friday.
Lincoln Square is the second-largest IMAX movie theater in the world, with a screen 75.6 feet high and 101 feet wide (the largest is in Melbourne, Australia). The Homeric Hollywood epic is the first feature-length film shot entirely using an IMAX 70mm film camera.
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