Southeast New Mexicans were going back to the movies as theaters throughout the region reopened with the relaxing of state health restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Las Cruces-based Allen Theaters, which owns cinemas in New Mexico, Arizona and Colorado announced its theaters in the Land of Enchantment were open or planned to reopen soon as counties shifted into the “turquoise” category for COVID-19 infection risk, based on state gating criteria.
Carlsbad’s La Cueva 6 reopened last Friday, and Alamogordo’s Aviator 10 and Ruidoso’s Sierra Cinema were to reopen on May 21, said Allen Theaters Vice President Russel Allen.
All three of those counties were in the turquoise category, meaning the theaters could reopen under a 33 percent capacity.