Brief: Kinepolis Updates On Cinema Closures, Reopenings

Kinepolis NV

19/11/2020 13:11

Nov 19 (Reuters) - Kinepolis Group NV  KIPO.BR :
    * UPDATE REGARDING CLOSURE AND REOPENING OF KINEPOLIS
CINEMAS
WORLDWIDE
    * SHORTLY AFTER BELGIAN (29 OCTOBER) AND FRENCH (30 OCTOBER)
CINEMAS CLOSED THEIR DOORS, DUTCH CINEMAS FOLLOWED SUIT ON 4
NOVEMBER
    * ON 9 OCTOBER, AFTER SEVEN MONTHS OF BEING CLOSED DOWN,
KINEPOLIS
COULD ONCE AGAIN OPEN ITS CINEMAS IN MICHIGAN (USA).
    * ALL DUTCH CINEMAS WERE GIVEN GREEN LIGHT FOR REOPENING ON
19
NOV, RETURNING TO LIMITED CAPACITY OF A MAXIMUM OF 30 PEOPLE PER
SCREEN
    * ON NORTH AMERICA: MICHIGAN ORDERED THEIR CLOSURE AGAIN AT
BEGINNING OF THIS WEEK, FOR A PERIOD OF AT LEAST THREE WEEKS.
    * IN CANADA, MOST CINEMAS IN ONTARIO AND MANITOBA CLOSED
THEIR
DOORS AGAIN. IN TOTAL, 20 OF 45 LANDMARK CINEMAS ARE CURRENTLY
TEMPORARILY CLOSED.
    * AS OF THIS WEEK, ALL DUTCH KINEPOLIS CINEMAS WILL BE ABLE
TO
WELCOME VISITORS, FOR TIME BEING WITH A BAN ON SALE OF DRINKS,
SNACKS
    * IN SPAIN, CINEMAS IN GRANADA AND BARCELONA WERE CLOSED
AGAIN IN
RECENT WEEKS, DUE TO SEVERE SECOND COVID-19 WAVE IN THOSE
REGIONS.
    * CINEMA IN SWITZERLAND (SCHAFFHAUSEN), WHICH REOPENED ON 6
JUNE,
REMAINED OPEN, WITH STRICTER CAPACITY LIMIT OF 50 PEOPLE PER
SCREEN
    * IN SPAIN, CINEMAS IN OTHER PROVINCES REMAIN OPEN FOR TIME
BEING,
ALTHOUGH SITUATION IS BEING CLOSELY MONITORED.
    * THREE LUXEMBOURG CINEMAS THAT REOPENED ON 17 JUNE, HAVE
ALSO
STAYED OPEN

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