![]() ![]() The company has also aligned with more than 300 companies nationally with the National Association of Theatre Owners’ in voluntarily following a set of health and safety protocols developed by a team of industry experts based on guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), World Health Organization (WHO), and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). All public and high-contact touch points will be disinfected frequently, and purchase of tickets is online or through Metro’s new mobile app, with contactless payment encouraged. Physical distancing will be enforced through computer-generated seat reservations, while employees will undergo a wellness check-in prior to each shift and wear required personal protective equipment while working. So, this time we hope it’s for good.”Īs before, the venues will reopen in accordance with local mandates and with enhanced protocols for cleanliness, sanitizing, and safety measures through every step of the movie-going experience. ![]() “We thought we were back in the fall, but then everything closed down again. “It’s really been a challenge, but it’s great to be back,” said Corwin, who runs the fourth-generation, family-operated company that is nearing its century mark. And while it might seem strange that film lovers can catch Hollywood’s latest at a downtown cinema while needing to venture either online or down to SBIFF’s beachside drive-in to view any of the festival’s features, the reopening can’t come soon enough for David Corwin, president of Metropolitan Theatres. The news came too late for SBIFF to consider returning even a modest version of its usual indoor screenings for SBIFF 36. Fiesta 5 Theatres will return on March 31, a normal SBIFF haunt during festival time. Metro will start screening new releases at Camino Real Cinemas on March 26. Nine days after the county moved back into the red tier, movie theaters will be allowed to open indoors at 25 percent capacity or 100 people, whichever is fewer. In one of those quirky COVID coincidences, Metropolitan Theatres is reopening its doors just as the Santa Barbara International Film Festival is about to get underway with a hybrid virtual/drive-in edition. ![]()
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