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America is testing $150 COVID option for friends and family to rent out entire cinema
COVID-19 crisis.The Alamo Drafthouse chain is giving patrons the option to pay $150 to book out the whole venue to a support bubble of family and friends.The test run trialled the scheme in select cities, now expanding to 12 states across the country.“After a massively successful rollout in select cities we’re excited to be able to offer this at Alamo Drafthouse theaters nationwide that are currently open,” Shelli Taylor, a former Starbucks executive who became CEO of Alamo Drafthouse CEO in April, told Entertainment Weekly.“Our guests have been asking how their friends, family, and fellow podmates can book their own safe and relaxing screening, and we’re proud to be able to deliver this to them at such an affordable rate.”The $150 fee is