@MartyE posted:My son manages a theater. Unfortunately without any new release worth mentioning they shut down again after opening for about a month and a half. They just can't get butts in the seat when everything is streaming or being held back.
I always looked forward to your posts on the display. Have a nice break but we expects some helix's, running water, lift bridges, and the whole shebang next year. LOL!
Thankfully for us, we haven't been a first run venue since the mid 1970s when it was purchased by the Motor City Theatre Organ Society. We've been showing classic films pretty much since that time to keep the building restorations moving forward and the lights on. It's also probably the first time since the first multiplexes filled with small theaters started putting large single screen theaters out of business that it's to our advantage to have a large auditorium. Although our capacity is limited (20% of our normal 1500ish seats), it's still a somewhat larger capacity than many modern theaters can hold at this point in time with the current safety restrictions. Not to say it isn't a tricky business to be in for us, but we're pushing forward.
I've had it in the back of my mind that I'd like to connect the upper levels of the layout at either end of the main platform with a large bridge. Now I might be able to find some time to finally do it 
