ordering all non-essential businesses to shutter following the discovery of the first COVID-19 cases in the city.But independently-owned theater operators say the reopening plan favors big theater chains that can afford the cost, such as AMC and Showcase, but hurts their small businesses. “That’s just a total loss of revenue by even opening.
The overhead to run a theater is just tremendous,” said Harvey Elgart, owner of Kew Gardens Cinemas, Cobble Hill Cinemas and Williamsburg Cinemas. “The utility bills, the electric, the heat.
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