The annual movie exhibition and trade show
CinemaCon has been canceled in Las Vegas due
to coronavirus, scuttling one of Hollywood’s
premier hype machines.
The week-long conference, which brings
together everyone from Hollywood studio
executives and celebrities to movie theater
owners and equipment and concession
manufacturers, had been scheduled to begin
March 30 at Caesars Palace.
Theater owners, however, have not yet closed
their doors. While cinemas have been shuttered
in several other nations, including China, Italy
and Poland, they remain open in North America.