Cineplex Cuts Seating Capacity in Half for 'Social Distancing'

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TIFF says Bell Lightbox will close down for a month to April 14 as a precaution against the virus spread

Canadian exhibition giant Cineplex has cut its seating capacity nationwide by half to help protect guests from possible COVID-19 infection.

Cineplex aims to allow patrons to "naturally" separate from other moviegoers and has not yet adopted staggered seating as has been done elsewhere in the industry, especially in Europe. In San Francisco, the Alamo Drafthouse Missionsections of seats" in one auditorium where the seating capacity is greater than 250 to comply with new measures in California.

Then, a day later on March 14, TIFF said Bell Lightbox will close down for a month to April 14 as a precaution against the virus spread. "This has been a heartbreaking but necessary decision," festival co-heads Cameron Bailey and Joana Vicente said in a statement.

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