AMC reopening theaters with new cleaning procedures

AMC is reopening five Kansas City-area movie theaters Thursday.

AFTER MONTHS OFSTAYING HOME AND BINGEWATCHING, YOU HAVE THEOPTION OF GOING TO THEMOVIES, SUPPORTING ANINDUSTRY THAT HAS LOSTHUNDREDS OF MILLIONSTHIS YEAR.WE'VE BEEN TALKINGABOUT THEATERSREOPENING GRADUALLYAS EACH ONE TOOK THEFIRST STEP TOWARDSNORMALCY.TODAY IS ANOTHER BIGDAY.WE'VE GOT LIVE TEAMCOVERAGE THIS MORNINGAS A-M-C REOPENS 5LOCATIONS.WE'RE TAKING A LOOK ATTHE SAFETY PROTOCOACROSS THE INDUSTRYAND THE EFFORTS TOSAVE THEM FROM GOINGDARK.AS OF EARLIER THISMONTH, 43 STATES AREPERMITTING INDOORCINEMAS TO OPERATE.TAKE A LOOK AT THIS MAP.THE STATES IN RED LIKECALIFORNIA AND NEWYORK SHOW THEATERSARE CLOSED.KANSAS AND MISSOURIARE BOTH ALLOWINGMOVIE THEATERS TO OPENWITH SOCIAL DISTANCING.A-M-C IS ONE OF THOSECOMPANIES PRACTICINGSOCIAL DISTANCING.TODAY THEIR SAFETYPROCEDURES WILL BE PUTTO THE TEST FOR THEFIRST TIME.

THIS MORNINGWE'RE SHOWING YOUWHAT YOU CAN EXPECT ifYOU go back TO A THEATER.41 ACTION NEWS ANCHORBRYANT MADDRICK IS LIVETO SHARE THE DETAILS.A SPOKESPERSON FORTHE MOVE THEATER CHAINSAID NO ONE WASAVAILABLE TO TALK ONCAMERA ABOUT WHATTHEY"RE DOING TOKEEP YOU AND YOURFAMILY SAFE.BUT THEY GAVE SOVIDEO AND STATEMENTTHAT SHOWS WHATHEY'RE DOING.THE COMPANY HAS ASANITATION PROGRAMTHEY CALL SAMC SAFEAND CLEAN.THEY SAY IT INCLUDES ALIMITED NUMBER OFAVAILABLE TICKETS FOREACH SHOW ALONG WITHSEAT BLOCKING FORPROPER SOCIADISTANCING.THERE"S ALSOENHANCED CLEANINWITH ELECTROSTATICSPRAYERS, HEPAVACUUMS, AND UPGRADEDAIR FILTRATION.CUSTOMERS WILL ALSONOTICE MASK MANDATES,HAND SANITIZER STATIONSAND DISINFECTANT WIPES.ONE POTENTIAL SAID SHEMIGHT CONSIDER GOINGTO THE THEATER.DANA PERINO01:16;38-01:16;46SI think as long asyou"re masked up andyou"re maintaining socialdistance and there"sprobably going to be spacebetween chairs and stuff Ithink I would.THIS AMC HERE IN THENORTHLAND IS ONE OF 100THEATERS ACROSS THECOUNTRY OPENING TODAY.LIVE IN KANSAS CITY - IMBRYANT MADDRICK - 41ACTION N