Theater Story

 I read this morning that NY City theaters have some kind of deal being made up....to re-open shortly.

The basic premise?  You'd only allow 25-percent of the seats to be used (the other 75-percent would be taped-off).

Can you make a profit as a theater off 25-percent of your seating?  No.  If you have a 400-seat theater and the max usage is 100 seats, you probably make enough to cover rent and utilities.  There's zero profit, unless you started charging $16 to $20 for each seat.  Increasing seat prices?  They haven't really said that, but I don't see how you'd avoid that discussion.

The mask requirement?  Oh yeah.....to watch a 2.5-hour movie....you have to wear a mask through the whole experience.  Popcorn and sodas? How?

The odds that I'd go to this type of deal? Zero chance.