AMC Theaters To Close Up To 12 Weeks Due To Coronavirus

PITTSBURGH, PA - AMC Theaters, the country's largest movie theater chain, has closed all of its theaters in response to the coronavirus. The theaters are expected to remain dark for six to 12 weeks.

The closures take effect Tuesday. The company said it wold remain flexible on a reopening date in accordance with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendations.

"We are ever so disappointed for our moviegoing guests and for our employee teams that the new CDC guidelines that Americans should not gather in groups larger than 10 people make it impossible to open our theaters," AMC CEO Adam Aron said in a statement. "Still, the health and
wellbeing of AMC guests and employees, and of all Americans, takes precedence above all else. We will continue to monitor this situation very closely and look forward to the day we can again delight moviegoers nationwide by reopening AMC movie theaters in accordance with guidance
from the CDC and local health authorities."

AMC operates 634 locations in the United States and Canada. Its western Pennsylvania locations include:

• AMC Waterfront 22, The Waterfront.

• AMC South Hills Village 10, Bethel Park.

• AMC Mt. Lebanon 6, Mt. Lebanon.

• AMC Delmont 12, Delmont.

• AMC Westmoreland 15, Greensburg.

• AMC South Pike 10, Sarver.

• AMC Uniontown 6, Uniontown.