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Theater assistant manager Jessica Freeman serves up a bag of popcorn at the Sandy Cinema in Sandy, Feb. 19, 2021. The theater is still closed for movie showings but sells discounted concessions on weekends.
Most movie theaters in the state can now reopen at limited capacity. But some cinema owners aren’t ready yet.
When Drew Kaza heard this week that Oregon had reversed its ban on eating and drinking inside movie theaters, he rejoiced.
“In a word, hallelujah,” he laughed.
The change brought him one step closer to reopening his four-screen theater in Central Oregon, the Sisters Movie House.
“It’s the concessions that really allow us to be an operating, profitable business,” he said.
The Oregon Health Authority released new guidance Wednesday allowing movie theaters in counties deemed high, moderate or lower risk for coronavirus spread to sell popcorn, soda and other concessions.
The Beacon Cinema is ready to open its doors to the public after almost a year after closing during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tomorrow, Friday, Feb 26, Pittsfield s downtown movie theatre, The Beacon Cinema will welcome the public back to the movies with lots of new regulations in place.
Cory Jacobs of Phoenix Theatres, the Beacon s parent company said the following: “Our management group has spent the past ten months working on developing a comprehensive plan to carefully re-open our theatres with the help of the National Association of Theatre Owners, Dr. Daniel Z. Uslan, an epidemiologist from U.C.L.A., and the most current CDC guidance.”