Two of Canada's biggest cinema chains say they will reopen their Saskatchewan movie theatres next week, nearly three months after the COVID-19 pandemic brought the theatrical distribution business to a halt. Cineplex Inc. and Landmark Theatres will both reopen their Saskatchewan locations on July 3, the companies confirmed Wednesday. This seating chart from a recently reopened South Edmonton Cineplex auditorium gives an idea of the spacing between seats during the age of COVID-19. Tom Hutchinson, the president of Magic Lantern Theatres, which owns nine cinemas in Saskatchewan, Alberta and Ontario. Hutchinson said the company is working to come up with ideas or a model that would allow its theatres to return to normalcy.

Source: CBC News June 24, 2020 16:52 UTC