It's not enough that small businesses, among them restaurants, and thousands of one- or two-person operations are closing at an alarming rate with NO relief in sight from the Senate, now the largest theatre chain in the U.S., Regal Cinemas has shuttered its doors closed as well.
This is from their online blog:
Regal Posted on Oct 8, 2020 9:20:29 AM
We can confirm that all Regal theatres across the US will be temporarily closed from Friday (October 9) until further notice.
This is not a decision we made lightly. We did everything in our power to support safe and sustainable re-openings of our theatres and we are so very grateful for our employees who implemented the new protocols, which resulted in lots of positive feedback from customers who visited our theatres and felt safe. We were very proud of the fact that theatres were open for 2 months and there was not one COVID case resulting from visiting the theatre. We cannot underscore enough how difficult this decision was.
As we have done to date, we will do everything we can to save livelihoods and the company – this is an extremely delicate and tricky balance. We continue to work with the National Association of Theatre Owners (NATO), to ensure we are lobbying state and local governments to support our employees and the industry which has so much cultural significance.
We will continue to monitor the situation closely and will communicate our future plans to resume operations once film studios are able to bring their pipeline of major movie releases back to the big screen. We can assure you that once a line-up of movie releases is confirmed, we will be ready to re-open our theatres, as we did in August, with the same safety levels you have already seen while at the same time keeping the great experience that you are used to getting from us.
A big thank you goes to you, our movie-loving customers; your health and wellbeing has always been our priority during this difficult time and we look forward to welcoming you back as soon as possible to enjoy a full slate of films.
If you have any questions, please take a look at our Frequently Asked Questions below.
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We sincerely wish good health for you and your families during these uncertain times.
-The Regal Team
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It's pretty astonishing that the Trump Administration and the Senate are pushing through an ultra conservation, religious zealot, Amy Coney Barrett in order to do two things:
1) Repeal/dismantle the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), and
2) Repeal Roe v. Wade, the landmark abortion rights decision.
That's it. She's stated in articles and op-eds that those two pieces of legislation are unconstitutional and therefore, must go.
Oh, and potentially,
3) Decide the outcome of a "rigged election" once Trump loses in just a few short weeks, because, you know, you just can't trust all of those fake ballots.
(TO BE CLEAR, THAT LAST PART ABOUT 'RIGGED' AND 'FAKE BALLOTS', IS SARCASM.)
Yes, vote as if your life depended on it, because if 2 or all 3 of those things happen, the United States is in deep, deep sh*t. We cannot handle another second of this Republican President or Senate. (And by "we", I mean the entire planet.)
