“The theater really helps us escape the reality that we’ve been enduring for the past year,” Mr. Some locations also offered weekend snacks via food delivery apps like DoorDash. People brought movies and held birthday parties, and Mr. The private showing option was popular, allowing up to 20 people in a theater for a flat fee. being open and these significant summer films on the schedule, it does feel different this time,” he said.Ĭamino Real Cinemas and Fiesta 5 Theatres both opened in October but closed within weeks. Corwin hopes counties move toward the orange tier. Under red-tier guidelines, theaters can fill 25% of its seats. Audiences must wear masks, unless actively eating or drinking. The classic red trolley has been running tours for over 30 years and for groups, they also offer special services and accommodation for parties and weddings. He follows COVID-19 precautions from CinemaSafe, the National Association of Theatre Owners’s reopening guidelines.Įvery other row of seats are taped off inside theaters, and three seats are left in-between groups. The Santa Barbara Trolley offers 90-minute sightseeing tours that pass by landmarks like Stearns Wharf, East Beach, the Santa Barbara Zoo, and the historic Old Santa Barbara Mission. Theaters will be serving concessions and offering no-contact ticket transactions through Metropolitan’s website,, and mobile app. “We have a lot of staff that are excited to be coming back.” And certainly, we lost people along the way,” he said. “We’re in the midst of beginning to get people back. He describes the reopening plan as “gradual” and will eventually open more theaters’ doors.Ĭurrently, Metropolitan Theatres is restaffing its locations. “We’ll start to get rolling and hopefully there will be no more setbacks with opening and closing again,” he said. “We need content to get people out, and there’s a good lineup coming, particularly starting in May.”Ĭovid precautions - including ample hand sanitizer stations, a self-service kiosk at the front entrance, and clear plastic barriers - were in place at the Metropolitan Camino Real Cinemas. “It’s not like you open the doors and all of a sudden things change,” he said.
He’s excited about “Godzilla vs Kong,” which hits theaters March 31, but its production company Warner Brothers plans to release its films on HBO Max alongside theaters throughout 2021.
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If you’re only getting one movie at a time and it’s being streamed on HBO Max or Disney+, it’s not enough,” the Cal-Gran manager said.ĭavid Corwin, president of Metropolitan Theatres, has also missed out on ticket sales because of streaming services. “We’re not getting a lot of new movies out, and what does come out is being streamed. In addition to its four indoor theaters, Cal-Gran also owns two drive-in theaters, one in Santa Maria and the other in Madera.īusiness at the drive-in theaters has been “hit or miss” with cooler weather. “We’re not going to open until we can hit 50% capacity and there is enough content to have people come.” “Once we go into the next tier, we’ll start evaluating and seeing what’s out there,” one of the Cal-Gran family members (who declined to publish first and last names) said. A new contactless ticket system is one of many precautions outlined by CinemaSafe, the National Association of Theatre Owners’s reopening guidelines.
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