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Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic
12 Months Ended
Dec. 29, 2022
Loss Contingency [Abstract]  
Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic
2. Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic had an unprecedented impact on the world and both of the Company’s business segments. As an operator of movie theatres, hotels and resorts, restaurants and bars, each of which consists of spaces where customers and guests gather in close proximity, the Company’s businesses were significantly impacted by protective actions that federal, state and local governments took to control the spread of the pandemic, and customers’ reactions or responses to such actions. The extent of these protective actions and their impact on the Company’s businesses dissipated throughout fiscal 2022.
The Company began fiscal 2022 with all of its theatres open with normal operating days and hours. While still below pre-COVID-19 levels, attendance has continued to gradually improve as the number of vaccinated individuals increased, more films are released, and customers indicate increasing willingness to return to movie theatres.
The Company began fiscal 2022 with all eight of its company-owned and managed hotels open. All of the Company’s restaurants and bars in its hotels and resorts were open during the majority of fiscal 2022, operating in some cases with reduced operating hours. The majority of the Company’s hotels and restaurants are now generating revenues at or above pre-pandemic levels, while at certain hotels that primarily serve group business, revenues remain below pre-pandemic levels with improving occupancy and business travel activity increasing.
During fiscal 2022 and fiscal 2021, the Company received $22,959 and $1,800, respectively, of federal income tax refunds (including $636 of interest) related to its fiscal 2020 tax return, with the primary benefit derived from net operating loss carrybacks to prior years. During fiscal 2020 and fiscal 2021, the Company received $31,500 and $5,900, respectively, of tax refunds from its fiscal 2019 tax return. The Company also generated additional income tax loss carryforwards during fiscal 2021 that will benefit future years.
During the fourth quarter of fiscal 2020 and continuing into fiscal 2021, a number of states elected to provide grants to certain businesses most impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Company received $8,100 of these grants in fiscal 2021 and $4,335 in state grants during fiscal 2022 that were awarded and accrued during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2021.
As of December 29, 2022, the Company had cash and cash equivalents of $21,704 and $221,809 of availability under its $225,000 revolving credit facility. With this strong liquidity position, combined with cash generated from operations and proceeds from the sale of surplus real estate, the Company believes that it is positioned to meet its obligations as they come due and continue to sustain its operations throughout fiscal 2023 and beyond, even if its properties continue to generate reduced revenues during these periods.