Will Drive In Theater reinstate itself as new coronaviruses spread?



Countermeasures against the new coronavirus infectious disease (COVID-19) have had a particularly large impact on the entertainment industry, with many events being canceled or postponed. On the other hand, the lack of recreational entertainment in your life is stuffy. Here, it seems that attention has been focused on '

Drive-in Theater ', which was considered an anachronistic entertainment.

Amid coronavirus outbreak, drive-in theaters unexpectedly find their moment-Los Angeles Times
https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2020-03-18/drive-in-movie-theaters-coronavirus



The premise is that cinemas are ventilated, so it does not mean that the risk of a new type of coronavirus infection is higher than in crowded trains and other facilities. However, due to the spread of the infection, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been recommending that the event be held for more than 50 people to be held, limiting the number of tickets sold at movie theaters to 50 or closing the movie theater itself. Has been taken.

According to Bo Bianchi, who has been operating cinemas in California, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Missouri since 1946 as a family business, the cinema in Paramount, Los Angeles County, California will be on March 15, 2020 (Sunday). ), But the drive-in theater attached to the facility has been operating and has achieved good results, 'at least twice as much as before'.

At Bianchi's cinema, Paramount Drive-In, the only potential contact with staff is when purchasing tickets. Staff wear gloves and are guided in the parking lot so that vehicles are not next to each other.

Christian Singleton, who brought a 4-year-old and 2-year-old child to Paramount Drive-In to see ``

half the magic '', said `` Someone is infected because there is no other person nearby ? 'And enjoyed the movie without worrying about paranoia.



Brenna Kugle, who took his 9-year-old son and his friend to the Drive-In Theater, said that the reason for the visit was `` I can't go to the cinema, but I want something distracting. '' That. It is said that Kugle visited the Drive-In Theater for the first time in about 30 years. Bianchi says that drive-in theaters can help people like Kugle who want to 'get away from home.'

In other drive-ins, March 14 (Saturday) and 15 (Sun) were good despite the fact that the weather was not so good.

On the other hand, some drive-in theaters have been forced to shut down because local governments have issued an order to close all movie theaters. Breaksmith, the owner of Admiral Twin Drive-In in Tulsa, Okla., Has asked Tulsa to explain the closure of the cinema, but as long as the exemption is not exempt, The drive-in theater will be closed in.

In addition, as measures against new coronavirus infectious diseases are changing daily, it is unclear whether the drive-in theater will continue to take a look.

By the way, in Japan, 'Drive in Theater Oiso' disappeared once after closing business in October 2010, but in October 2018 'Drive in Theater Aso' was born in Nishihara-mura, Aso-gun, Kumamoto Prefecture. Open as Japan's only permanent drive-in theater.

Japan's only permanent drive in theater / Drive in Theater Aso /

https://www.noroshi-nishihara.com/drive-in-theater-aso



In addition, there is an attempt to revive the drive-in theater at the event, and most recently, `` Drive-in theater 03 in Kawagoe '' will be held at the Kawagoe Off-Road Village from March 20 (Fri) to 22 (Sun) 2020 Will be Among them, ' Zeib ' and ' Tom and Jerry ' will be screened.



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