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‘It’s unacceptable:’ Ontario drive ins, movie theatres call for province to ease restrictions
Cineplex calls for federal aid to help struggling theatres amid COVID-19 Drive-in screens will have to wait longer, even though they enforce the use of masks and distancing measures, such as online ticket sales and a phone app to order from the concession. They are part of Step 1, that will likely begin the week of June 14.Allen says he’s already lost at least eight weeks of business at his drive-in theatres in London, Ont., Barrie, Newmarket, Hamilton and Oakville.And he expects by the time drive-ins reopen he’ll have missed about 40 per cent of his seasonal revenue, including early summer blockbusters that are hitting theatres stateside.“When you cut out our season, you’re cutting out our lifeline,” he said.