State of Alabama to Gamble Pensions on Your Willingness to Pay $35 For a Movie
STV ยท 03/26/08 04:18PMMere days after MPAA mascot Dan Glickman and pals around town swore up one side and down the other that movies are a relatively inexpensive, recession-proof industry, a group of brass-balled fate tempters โ including "the Retirement Systems of Alabama pension fund" (we can't make this up) โ are betting that even $35 tickets wont scare off potential patrons of their planned luxury chain.