AMC Theatres has announced plans to reopen movie theaters around the country on July 15, but one surprising detail is that the company will not require guests to wear masks in states that don’t mandate it.
Employees in all AMC locations will be required to wear masks, have their temperatures monitored, and undergo regular screenings for coronavirus, but this will not apply to moviegoers.
Moviegoers will be required to wear masks in states the require people to wear them in public, like in California, but mask-wearing will be optional in all other states. “We did not want to be drawn into a political controversy,” AMC’s CEO and President Adam Aron said (via Variety). “We thought it might be counterproductive if we forced mask wearing on