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Collected Item: “‘Not everyone is going to survive’: Chicago movie theaters continue to struggle amid pandemic”

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‘Not everyone is going to survive’: Chicago movie theaters continue to struggle amid pandemic

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news article

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The movie theater industry has been hit hard by COVID-19. Theater chains like AMC have the ability to file for bankruptcy and scale back locations. For mom-and-pop movie theaters, however, there is no bankruptcy, so many face permanent closure.

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Chicago, movie theater, closure, AMC, HSE

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https://wgntv.com/news/coronavirus/not-everyone-is-going-to-survive-chicago-movie-theaters-continue-to-struggle-amid-pandemic/

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Tonya Francisco

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2021-04-13
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