We were here before the movie was. She said she decided to sleep on a bed for the night. Carter said another person had come much earlier, but chickened out. Chad Holle of Deshler arrived at 10 a.m. to be No. 6 in line. Five of his friends commissioned him to stand in line and buy tickets for them, he said.
Tickets are limited to eight per person.
Shortly before 10 a.m., Rivoli manager Jeff Ramirez arrived to start the preparations for the midnight showing. Soon afterward came four workers from the Grand Theatre in Grand Island to help out. It would be a wasted day, in his opinion, if the movie turned out to be no good. He said he has fielded calls from parents who plan to drop their children off at the theater after school. Over the last year the district's school safety committees have been looking at ways to make each building as secure as possible, Superintendent Ken Anderson said.