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The 'YouTube Theater' will be a three-story, 6,000 seater arena for performances that range from traditional concerts to the type of events you'd associate with its namesake. YouTube has partnered with Hollywood Park, a near 300-acre mega development in Inglewood, California, to host a massive live venue.

Just four months later, with the pandemic subsiding, the Google-owned video platform is now embracing live entertainment like never before. This article has been updated throughout to reflect their respective announcements and reopening date plans, if any.Like the rest of the tech industry, YouTube was forced to transition from live to virtual events earlier this year when it shuttered its studio spaces for creators and musicians. ET): Following Regal Cinemas’ Monday press release announcing its intention to close its locations, several other chains have declared similar plans. With more and more films being pulled from release, and more theater chains likely to close, sending projects directly to streaming services may become a viable release strategy for major studios.

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Disney released Frozen 2 on Disney Plus three months early, and bumped up the streaming release of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker by several days. Universal Pictures plans to put its upcoming animated sequel Trolls World Tour onto streaming platforms the day of its theatrical release, and is sending current films like Emma and The Hunt to streaming while they’re still in theaters. In response to the dramatic drop in moviegoing and the news about theaters limiting ticket sales, some studios are releasing films to streaming platforms early. The past week has seen a dramatic acceleration in cancellations and closures of public events due to COVID-19, with film and music festivals like SXSW and Coachella being shut down gaming events like esports competitions, E3, and the Game Developers Conference going on hiatus theme parks and restaurants closing and more. It’s the latest move for a rapidly shuttering industry that’s already seen a wide variety of shutdowns taking place, from specific films like Mulan, No Time to Die, and The New Mutants being removed from upcoming release schedules to production hiatuses on movies including The Matrix 4, Mission: Impossible 7, and Matt Reeves’ The Batman. The decision followed Friday’s news that Regal and AMC were planning to limit theaters to 50% capacity to assist in “social distancing” and comply with the growing number of regional restrictions on large gatherings of people. “We’ll be in close contact over the coming days and weeks with our teams, suppliers, and colleagues on what these closures mean and what we plan to do next.” “When we re-open after this unprecedented and indefinite hiatus, it will be in a dramatically altered world, and in an industry that’s been shaken to its core,” read a statement on the Alamo website. They will re-open when those guidelines allow.” And AMC Theatres, the largest American chain, shut down with a terse message on its corporate website: “All AMC theatres are temporarily closed in accordance with local and federal guidelines. Bow Tie Cinema locations have closed, with no announced reopening date. The Showcase Cinema chain will close through April 7.

The small independent chain Harkin closed all theaters through March 31. Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas, which had already shuttered locations in Los Angeles and New York City, announced that all its corporate-owned locations were closed until further notice.

“All theatres will remain closed until further notice,” the company said in a news release, making Regal the first nationwide cinema chain to announce a complete shutdown.

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will close as of Tuesday, March 17, the movie theater chain announced Monday afternoon.

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In the latest of a long series of closing announcements associated with government efforts to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, all 543 Regal Cinemas locations in the U.S.