Regal finally reopening its Las Vegas movie theaters

If this keeps up, we may actually have a summer movie season.

Cinemas in New York and California began reopening earlier this month, eliminating one more roadblock that had kept major movies from being released (except in hybrid situations such as the Warner Bros.-HBO Max deal). Now comes word that Regal will start throwing open the doors to its theaters on April 2.

“We have long awaited this moment when we can welcome audiences back to our Regal theaters and restore our essential role within the communities we serve,” Mooky Greidinger, CEO of Regal parent Cineworld, said in a statement.

With Hollywood stuck in a holding pattern, choosing not to release big-ticket movies until more people would be willing to see them in theaters, Regal shuttered its 536 U.S. theaters in October.

Select Regal theaters will reopen April 2 for the release of “Godzilla vs. Kong,” with additional theaters coming online two weeks later for the release of “Mortal Kombat.”

The summer movie season remains in flux, though. Marvel’s long-delayed “Black Widow” had been scheduled to kick off the season May 7. On Tuesday morning, Disney announced it would now open July 9 in theaters and on Disney+.

Regal is the valley’s largest theater chain with locations at Aliante, Boulder Station, Colonnade, Downtown Summerlin, Fiesta Henderson, Green Valley Ranch Resort, Palace Station, Red Rock Resort, Sunset Station, Texas Station and Village Square.

There’s been no word yet on which theaters will reopen when.

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