So in the amount of time it's taken them to renovate one TKTS booth..
So in the amount of time it's taken them to renovate one TKTS booth..
#1So in the amount of time it's taken them to renovate one TKTS booth..
Posted: 6/18/08 at 4:54pm
They've built a brand new one in Brooklyn. The Times Square booth still stands partially completed.
And, this new one will accept credit cards, to boot.
Anyone else find this situation incredibly amusing, if for nothing else than the absurdity of it all?
New TKTS booth to open in Brooklyn this July
#2re: So in the amount of time it's taken them to renovate one TKTS booth..
Posted: 6/18/08 at 4:58pmI would think that the new Times Square booth will accept credit cards as well. It's always funny to watch people who've been standing in line for a while and when they get to the ticket window go to pay with a credit card and a re denied. They then have to find a ATM and get back in line.
CurtainPullDowner
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
#2re: So in the amount of time it's taken them to renovate one TKTS booth..
Posted: 6/18/08 at 5:00pmEntire skyscrapers are built faster.
#3re: So in the amount of time it's taken them to renovate one TKTS booth..
Posted: 6/18/08 at 5:01pmDidn't they have contractor problems with the one in Times Square that held up construction?
DrewBill
Stand-by Joined: 4/22/08
#4re: So in the amount of time it's taken them to renovate one TKTS booth..
Posted: 6/18/08 at 5:01pmDon't know why the TKTS booth in Times Square has taken so long, but when it is completed, it will be beautiful. Absolutely love the design -- so clever!
#5re: So in the amount of time it's taken them to renovate one TKTS booth..
Posted: 6/18/08 at 5:05pm
Yes, those steps above the booth are so practical!
(note sarcasm)
#6re: So in the amount of time it's taken them to renovate one TKTS booth..
Posted: 6/18/08 at 5:07pmMy understanding is that those "step" are for people to sit and take in Times Square.
#7re: So in the amount of time it's taken them to renovate one TKTS booth..
Posted: 6/18/08 at 5:09pmI thought the exact same thing when I heard about the Brooklyn location. Ironically there was a TKTS booth in Brooklyn in the early 90s that they eliminated (close to where the new one is).
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#8re: So in the amount of time it's taken them to renovate one TKTS booth..
Posted: 6/18/08 at 5:14pm
But they didn't have to build a whole new booth in Brooklyn like in the heart of Times Square. They have a store front they had to just set-up...much like when they moved to the Seaport after September 11.
I think it is great that there will be a third booth. I still wish there was a booth in Union Square that pushes Off Broadway.
#9re: So in the amount of time it's taken them to renovate one TKTS booth..
Posted: 6/18/08 at 5:14pm
From last October:
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/111752.html
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#10re: So in the amount of time it's taken them to renovate one TKTS booth..
Posted: 6/18/08 at 6:33pm
This is much like the NYC subways
In the time it is taking them to repair it, they could have built another one.
#11re: So in the amount of time it's taken them to renovate one TKTS booth..
Posted: 6/29/08 at 10:23pm
Well the new Times Square booth does look great...
...in the Will Smith film I AM LEGEND, where he hunts down an animal right off the northern curb of the booth.
At least we know it'll be done by 2009, when civilization ends.
"Hey little girls, look at all the men in shiny shirts and no wives!" - Jackie Hoffman, Xanadu, 19 Feb 2008
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