Final Regulatory Assessment and Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Final Rule - Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability by Public Accommodations - Movie Theaters; Movie Captioning and Audio Description

3.2.3. Baseline by Venue Type

Lastly, the baseline is applied to the projected number of auditoriums by venue type in the compliance year. This section explains how the auditoriums equipped to provide closed movie captioning or audio description are distributed by venue type (Section 2.1.4).

Industry research suggests that Single-Auditorium movie theaters are less likely to have auditoriums equipped to provide closed movie captioning and audio description because they are typically operated by firms with lower average revenues.  Therefore, the Final RA assumes that all auditoriums operated by Single-Auditorium movie theaters currently lack the necessary equipment to provide closed movie captioning and audio description.  Auditoriums equipped to provide closed movie captioning and audio description are assumed to be distributed proportionally among Megaplex, Multiplex, and Miniplex movie theaters.  Table 3-12 below shows the distribution of auditoriums across each venue type under the Medium Accessibility baseline, adjusted to reflect this assumption.  The percentage of auditoriums equipped to provide closed movie captioning or audio description for each venue type is adjusted so that the total number of auditoriums equipped to provide closed movie captioning or audio description in the analysis matches the estimated total number of auditoriums equipped to provide such features in the Medium Accessibility baseline shown in Table 3-9.  As shown in Table 3-12, around 72 percent of auditoriums operated in Megaplex, Multiplex and Miniplex theaters are assumed to be equipped to provide closed movie captioning.  Similarly, approximately 71 percent of auditoriums in these movie theaters are assumed to be equipped to provide audio description.