{"id":31272,"date":"2020-10-04T07:35:24","date_gmt":"2020-10-04T14:35:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=31272"},"modified":"2020-10-21T09:48:46","modified_gmt":"2020-10-21T16:48:46","slug":"cineworld-is-set-to-close-all-regal-cinemas-in-the-u-s-and-all-cineworld-cinemas-in-the-u-k-as-early-as-next-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=31272","title":{"rendered":"Cineworld Is Set To Close All Regal Cinemas In The U.S, And All Cineworld Cinemas In The U.K., As Early As Next Week"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Variety<\/strong> is reporting that Cineworld<\/strong> is planning on closing down all Regal Cinemas<\/strong> in the U.S. and all Cineworld Cinemas<\/strong> in the U.K. and Ireland as early as next week. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The COVID-19 Pandemic caused movie theater chains around the world to temporarily closed down earlier this year, but now it seems that those closings will last a lot longer than expected. In the U.S., Regal Cinema is the second largest domestic chain with 543 locations, with Cineworld being the biggest in the U.K.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hearing the news about these popular theater chains closing is unfortunate news. Having theaters close down during the Pandemic was something that was expected, but having entire theater chains close, especially Regal Cinemas, was definitely unexpected. While discussing their half-year results<\/a>, Cineworld had this to say regarding the COVID-19 Pandemic: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf governments were to strengthen restrictions on social gathering, which may therefore oblige us to close our estate again or further push back movie releases, it would have a negative impact on our financial performance and likely require the need to raise additional liquidity.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

In a series of Tweets over on Twitter<\/strong>, the Cineworld Action Group<\/strong> posted about the sudden closings and went on to talk about there being “no consultation with staff whatsoever.” You can check out the Tweets below: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The front page of tomorrow\u2019s Times is announcing that Cineworld is planning to close all of its cinemas across the country as soon as this week putting all of our jobs at immediate risk. There has been no consultation with staff whatsoever. pic.twitter.com\/16fKxGcNnG<\/a><\/p>— Cineworld Action Group (@cineactiongroup) October 3, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote>