It was good to be back in a movie theater, so good, but the virus was a specter that hung over everything.

I purchased Raisinets, wanting something that came sealed in plastic, but couldn’t bring myself to eat them until I’d sanitized my hands in the car on the way home. That could be the entire length of a movie if you’re a popcorn and soda person. Masks were required for customers too, but, per county rules, not when eating or drinking. All the employees had rubber gloves and were wearing their masks properly. When selecting your seat, via the contactless phone app, you can’t pick one right next to another party.

They only sell tickets for every other row. Phoenix is home to several movie theaters: Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, AMC, Cinemark Theatres, Fat Cats Entertainment, Harkins, Picture Show Entertainment, and Regal Cinemas.The theater has social distancing rules. Arizona will mark the chain's fifth location, which is listed on the website as 'coming soon.' They have three locations in Florida and one in Alabama that is currently under construction. She said the owners have a 'tentative Labor Day opening date.'ĪBC15 has reached out to Touchstar Cinemas for more information.Īccording to its website, Touchstar's theaters show first-run movies, feature luxury power reclining seats, dine-in service and DLP digital projection and 3-D. Kaitlyn Kor, a communications coordinator for Big Yam Properties, which owns the shopping center, confirmed to ABC15 that Touchstar Cinemas would be moving in. Studio Movie Grill, a dine-in movie theater chain, closed that location - its only location in Arizona - in spring 2020 due to the pandemic and ultimately did not reopen.

The company will take over the building that previously housed Studio Movie Grill in the Sonora Village shopping center, near Loop 101 and Frank Lloyd Wright Boulevard. SCOTTSDALE, AZ - Touchstar Cinemas, a growing Orlando, Florida-based chain of luxury movie theaters, is set to open its first location in Scottsdale, Arizona.

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