9-1-1 location manager how Omicron delays can be costly

Los Angeles Times

The Fox drama's scheduled return to work from Christmas break this week was pushed back -- like all Disney productions -- to next week amid the Omicron surge. “You’re looking at a minimum of $150,000 to $200,000 per day to have a motion picture company on the street shooting television or film,” said 9-1-1 location manager Tim Hillman. “If you start up and 30 or 40 of the crew happen to test positive because they’ve all been off gallivanting during the Christmas hiatus, then you suddenly don’t have enough crew... and you’ve got to shut down again and you just spent all that money on the startup.”