{"id":679781,"date":"2021-08-24T12:36:10","date_gmt":"2021-08-24T16:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=679781"},"modified":"2021-08-24T12:36:15","modified_gmt":"2021-08-24T16:36:15","slug":"movie-theater-owners-considering-vaccine-mandates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/movie-theater-owners-considering-vaccine-mandates\/","title":{"rendered":"Movie Theater Owners Considering Vaccine Mandates"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmovie-theater-owners-considering-vaccine-mandates%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=679781&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1333699945-scaled-1.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>If you want to see the next blockbuster movie in a theater, you may soon need to show proof you\u2019ve had a COVID vaccine.<\/p>\n<p>The top lobbyist for theater chains says owners are open to vaccine mandates and believes that while it may lead to short-term financial pain for the movie business, in the long run, it will be beneficial.<\/p>\n<p>At CinemaCon, an industry convention currently underway in Las Vegas, National Association of Theater Owners (NATO) CEO John Fithian told trade publication <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2021\/08\/cinemacom-nato-john-fithian-mpa-charlie-rivken-movie-theaters-studios-streaming-theatrical-window-1234819236\/\">Deadline<\/a> that the group hasn\u2019t opposed vaccine mandates for theaters in places like New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco, even though they\u2019re sure it will result in reduced ticket sales. When France and Italy imposed similar requirements, box office revenues immediately dropped. But Fithian says owners realize mandates could be the industry\u2019s ticket back to pre-pandemic attendance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHonestly,\u201d he told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/vaccine-mandates-mixed-bag-movie-theaters-nato-ceo-john-fithian\/\">TheWrap<\/a>, \u201cit\u2019s a mixed bag for movie theaters. On the one hand, it will cost us some business, and we know that because some unvaccinated people won\u2019t be able to attend our cinemas.\u201d He continued, \u201cThe upside, of course, is that we as an industry that represents places where people gather recognize that we need vaccination rates to climb to get back to a full recovery as we go into next year. The vaccination mandates have shown a substantial increase in people\u2019s interest in getting vaccinated, and we hope the same thing happens in these places in the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fithian, who has been making the media rounds speaking for hundreds of chains, including the three biggest \u2014 AMC, Regal and Cinemark \u2014 has given no signal that owners will balk at requiring proof of vaccine for entry across the country.<\/p>\n<p>A few weeks ago, Fithian told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/business\/business-news\/movie-theaters-wont-oppose-vaccine-passports-1234994686\/\">The Hollywood Reporter<\/a>, \u201cIn order for the exhibition industry to fully recover, we need more people to be vaccinated. It\u2019s pure science. The rates of shots had went quite well for a while in the U.S. and then they dropped off. We need them to keep going.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fithian continued, \u201cDon\u2019t get me wrong. There are going to be some lost ticket sales in the short term. Working through how we implement it and how we deal with the economics are challenges, but we\u2019re not going to oppose it, because people need to get vaccinated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During the company\u2019s most recent <a href=\"https:\/\/seekingalpha.com\/article\/4447488-amc-entertainment-holdings-inc-amc-ceo-adam-aron-on-q2-2021-results-earnings-call-transcript\">earnings call<\/a> a few weeks ago, AMC CEO Adam Aron said that vaccinations will be \u201cthe solution\u201d to a box office rebound.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe big change between this winter and last winter is vaccination,\u201d he said, adding, \u201cFortunately, that the number of vaccinations, especially among the most vulnerable population, has been so extensive that we\u2019re optimistic that we won\u2019t see the kind of lockdown of society this winter that we saw last. We also hope that vaccination continues. There is no more important thing that any of you can do to protect yourselves, your families, your friends, and the country as a whole.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Theater groups are also hoping the news that the FDA has finally approved the Pfizer vaccine will encourage the public to go back to the movies at pre-pandemic levels.<\/p>\n<p>Shares of several big theater stocks saw a significant upswing when the news broke\u2014AMC and Cinemark both went up more than 8% and Imax increased 6%.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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