By: Donovan W. Mann – donovanm@977thebolt.com
Humboldt, IA – Humboldt historic downtown movie theater is ready to reopen from its second COVID-19 closure.
The Humota Movie Theater has made the announcement they plan to reopen for movie showings this weekend. After closing back on July due to the lack of new content coming from the film industry the theater has once again decide to reopen its doors. The announcement was made Monday, Sept. 21.
Humota General Manager Sarah VanOrd tells KHBT that the plan is to reopen Friday, Sept. 25 with an Iowa classic. She says the movie showing will be the 1989 film “Field of Dreams.” The first weekend will be free movie showings open to the public thanks to some local area sponsors.
The general manager says that the staff is well prepared to protect the movie goers due to upped sanitation standards. VanOrd says the theaters management has provided masks and gloves to all of its workers. The Humota has also purchased sanitizer and disinfectant to wipe down all surfaces and between showings all seats will be sanitized. In prep for the reopening the staff has gone in and shampooed all the seats in the theater as well.
VanOrd says that the team has high hopes going into this reopening thanks to the ongoing support they have from the community. “Well I think obviously we’re very excited to reopen but we’re also a little bit nervous” she says. She says due to the uncertainty of the whole situation this is no way to predict how the reopening will turn out. She does say the theater team knows they have a strong community backing that has stood behind them since they time the decided to transition through the most recent shutdown.
The Humota Movie Theater in Downtown Humboldt will be reopening for movie showings this Friday, Sept. 25. The first weekend will be free and open to the public with regular admission being charged starting the following week. More movie showings and times are expected to be announced by the theater soon.