I believe many companies will fall and the world will be radically different in a very short time.

How dire things are for in person entertainment venues..thw survey asked if i would attend events if all wore a mask....ugh 2 hours in an auditorium in a mask??

4 days a week.

We are more than capable of working from home so it’s completely unnecessary

but when I put on a mask, it really affects my breathing. I have to be careful to move slowly and be aware of breathing more slowly.

and I tear off the mask while walking to the car.

I really don't see how one can enjoy themselves at an amusement parking wearing a mask

I miss going to movies hope my local one hangs in there.

Mine thinks I can do 10 hours a day (or more) 5 days a week...in a cave with no windows.
Oh, and we're expected to stay at our desks and not talk to each other.

We're all going a little batty. Pun intended.

I definitely don’t want to talk with anyone since I don’t know where they’ve been.

In the Florida summer sun in a mask all day.

I worked at Disney years ago. What a nightmare those folks will have to deal with.

What if the pandemic is over and live music is allowed to come back, but there's no venues to support the shows? I mean sure the bigger venues like Staples Center and Madison Square Garden will survive. But I'm talking about the smaller mom and pop venues like the Troubadour, the Roxy, the Palladium, the Greek Theater, and so on. There's no way a lot of them will survive this.

COVID has just really fucked everything up. Nothing has sucked more than this has.

Not much to attract me these days.

Of course, people who attend live music events know your statement is highly generalized nonsense.

As a musician myself, I am saddened by mainstream music. There is good stuff to be found, but not in massive commercial venues.

American cities with robust live music scenes.

They knew what he was capable of:

a vile POS he is.

They were probably already getting fewer people watching in theaters in recent years.

... were people would just show up to the movies early and get a 15 min test to go in then we'd be near fine.

It's better than what we're going through now.

Avengers, Star Wars, big Disney movies, stuff like 1917? I would have totally stayed home and watched on my nice TV with my GF. I prefer that -- so do many, many people. We can't, so we have to go to the theater. If there was a choice, we would watch it at home. So much nicer and relaxing.

Scary to sit in a darkened crowded room.

of a number of reasons.

Number one was the fact that because most films these days are being shot in digital rather than on film, there is not a lot of difference between seeing a movie in the theater rather than on your home screen, at least if you have a decent screen and good sound. Plus, the projection sucks at most movie theaters now. It's automated, rather than having trained projectionists monitoring image and sound at each moment.

Number two is the fact that we are getting older, and I hate those damned armchair seats.

Number three is the cost. We live in the city and have to pay for parking as well as the movie tickets. To pay 30 or 40 dollars and up for two people to watch a film ... well, it's a bit steep (like back when we had to pay a babysitter to go to the movies, but then there was no other choice). Really, that $12 extra dollars for parking to sit in an uncomfortable chair for two hours, with someone talking behind you, and bad projection. It has to really be something that demands the big screen for us to go.

You live in a place that costs a fortune to park, but is seemingly devoid of modern movie theaters with reclining leather chairs etc. I’m surprised this advancement never made it to your city, which must be quite large to require $40-50to park. There’s been some pretty cool advancements in theatres. I’m sorry you were experiencing something from the 1970s, apparently. No wonder you hate it.

First of all, I'm short. I feel like Lily Tomlin's Edith Ann in them. Those things are made for large, tall people. Second, the seat is usually tilted backward, even when erect. My hips aren't too great, and it puts too much pressure on them to be in that position for a long time. So I usually have to sit with one leg propped under, or a coat bunched up behind, or leaning forward.

Not everybody likes those chairs!

All the theaters in my area, AMC included, switched to recliners years ago. Before that they put in wider chairs with adjustable armrests. Where required, they validate parking, with a ticket stub. If I was in your market I might not want to go either.

It's those big wide reclining chairs that I hate.

Why spend $50-100 to sit in a crowded room with sticky floors just to watch a movie?

There are better ways.

... want to stay alive.

to love them.. grew up on them and the neighbor theaters.

If it were up to us, I think they'd make a comeback. But keep in mind that drive-ins only operate 3 or 4 months out of the year and the ticket prices are artificially low. For example they used to charge the adults $3 each, and the kids in the back seat got in "free." Or the theaters used to have "$5 carload" nights, where you could pack as many people in to the car as possible and the entire fee was $5.00. That was great when we were teen-agers!

The biggest problem were those squawky speakers. The drive-ins need to really upgrade the speakers and make them Wifi or some other digital technology. It can be done, but it won't be cheap. Nowadays people have better TVs and stereos at home than the theaters have anyway.

I was just thinking about what the kids would do. They usually want to fraternize while they see shows..

I know I did.

My memory of Drive-Ins were mostly as a little girl in Houston Texas.. and my Mom would make tuna fish sandwiches for everybody. . and then of course in late teens dating in Phoenix Arizona.

Also building the screen and also noise pollution laws.....

I love them, i hope so but they were driven out of business due to land sales and the like.

at the theatre, it removes distractions and really facilitates getting “lost” in the movie. But I stopped going when the bedbug situation blew up in the US, and there were reports/rumors/stories about rampant infestations in theaters. Gave me the heebiest of jeebies to think about sitting there and having bedbugs crawl all over me. (I made a rare exception to see “Arrival” in the theater, SO glad I did, but that’s a different story.) Couldn’t PAY me to go now, with the Covid situation.

Theaters get a bad rap but I've never had a bad experience at one, outside of midnight showings (to be expected), in 45 years of going to them. Thats 4-5 movies per year. Home systems can be nice but, to me, there's no substitute for the real thing. Also they provide great first employment opportunities for kids.

I never knew there was such visceral hate for movie theatres here. Some in the thread starting with the first response are obviously rooting for their demise. I gather a lot of the complainers haven’t been to a modern theatre and are going the dollar movie route.

It’s a badge of honor to say you don’t go to malls, movies, watch tv, eat at chain restaurants, own a car, mow your lawn, wear shoes, put money in banks, etc.

Movies are pretty expensive, there’s no doubt. But there are plenty of Art house theaters worthy of support and as far as the multi plexes most have made some nice upgrades that somewhat justify the ticket on matinees.

I was once accused of being “part of the problem” because I dared to have retirement savings.

That must have been a hell of a thread.

I am surprised there hasn't been more movement towards drive in movie theaters (even temporally set up ones). Part of the problem I think is that showing rights continue to get more restricted for films (this was impacting independent art house and genre theaters even before this crisis).

Even with drive in theaters, you still have to deal with the bathroom service, but you could do food service like restaurants currently do (I had my first experience with that at Outback this weekend - gloved and masked waitress bringing the food to the car).

Please consider eating elsewhere.

I would think some entrepreneurs would be gearing up for Drive In Movies.. Blast from the Past.

I know people use the public restrooms at Costco all masked & gloved.. I wait till I home.

I haven't been to a movie house in years.. I prefer at home.. that's just me, though.

A good portion of those $200 million budgets are for talent.

If they fail someone will step in. Despite some of the hatred for the movie going experience by some in the thread the industry isn’t going anywhere.

Mom & pop can't just say "hey let's open up a theater" so we can show the new MCU movie. Check out John Campea on YouTube. He gives some good insight on how the business works.

AMC is not America’s, or the world’s, only theater chain.

I'm sure that someone else will step in and take over many of their locations

Because of all the lampreys sucking on them - aka private equity groups. No wonder they are in trouble.