Creative Artists Agency is shuttering multiple domestic locations through the end of the year, as coronavirus cases explode in the United States, Variety has learned.
A late-hitting internal memo to staff informed agents and others that CAA headquarters in Los Angeles, as well as offices in Nashville and New York, will remain closed as the pandemic surges.
“In carefully studying a wide range of factors, with employee health and safety as a top priority, we have concluded we will not be returning … until at least January, 2021. It is too early to provide a specific date,” read the memo, obtained by Variety.
The company will also be watching and waiting on re-entry protocols for their London office. CAA”s headquarters in Los Angeles, affectionately referred to as the “Death Star,” sits in Century City and is an oft-conjured image in depicting Hollywood’s rooms of power.
Numerous factors went into the decision, from childcare concerns to the cost of cleaning supplies, the memo said.
“In evaluating today’s decision, a large group of internal executives, plus outside consultants, have focused on many criteria, including health authority guidelines; local laws and infection rates; availability, or lack thereof, of testing, vaccines, and treatments; the ida range of personal circumstances for our employees … availability and cost of cleaning supplies, masks, and facility modifications; and, of course, our ability to best support and work with one another as we serve clients,” wrote senior leadership.
The agency had no immediate comment on the matter.