All Regal Cinemas locations in the U.S. will reportedly close

This is good news for efforts to slow the spread of COVID-19 but bad news for thousands of theater employees.

Regal Cinemas parent company Cineworld is reportedly planning to shut down all 543 Regal locations in the U.S., as well as all theaters in the U.K. and Ireland, as soon as the coming week, according to a report in Variety. Cineworld is the biggest theater chain in the U.K., and Regal is the second-biggest in the U.S.

It's obviously a terrible situation. I've been vocal here more than once with my thoughts on how foolish it is for anyone to spend two hours in a movie theater during a pandemic. But the chain shutting down means a lot of jobs will go with it. Read more...

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