Even the biggest flatscreen TV, streaming the biggest movies, can’t compete with the 17-by-6-foot screen at Green Light Cinema in downtown St. Pete.
For Americans, however, home streaming has pulled ahead of going out to the movies in the numbers race. “There’s a contraction going on in the film business,” observes Mike Hazlett, Green Light’s owner. “It’s not remotely close to where it was pre-Covid. It’s just a different landscape, and I’m not sure it’s ever going to get back to where it was.”
Source: Green Light Cinema re-builds its business model – St Pete Catalyst