Here’s a list of which types of businesses are affected by the Alabama Department of Public Health’s closure of nonessential businesses from 5 p.m. March 28 to April 17, along with a rundown of businesses still allowed to operate.
Nonessential businesses required to close
- Entertainment venues
- Night clubs
- Bowling alleys
- Arcades
- Concert venues
- Theaters
- Auditoriums
- Performing arts centers and events
- Tourist attractions (including museums, galleries and planetariums)
- Historical Sites
- Parades
- Racetracks
- Indoor children’s play areas
- Adult entertainment venues
- Adult gaming and entertainment venues
- Casinos
- Bingo halls
- Pool halls
- Venues operated by social clubs
- Fraternities and sorority meetings and events
- Proms, formals and other similar events
- Athletic facilities and activities
- Fitness centers and commercial gyms
- Spas and public or commercial swimming pools
- Yoga, Barre and spin facilities
- Spectator sports
- Sports that involve interaction with another person of closer than 6 feet
- Activities that require the use of shared sporting apparatus and equipment
- Activities on commercial or public playground equipment
- Close-contact service providers
- Barber shops
- Salons (waxing, threading, hair, nail)
- Spas
- Body-art facilities and tattoo services
- Massage-therapy establishments and massage services
- Retail stores
- Furniture and home-furnishings stores
- Clothing, shoe and clothing accessory stores
- Jewelry, luggage and leather goods stores
- Department stores
- Sporting goods stores
- Hobby, book, craft and music stores
- Florists
Businesses allowed to remain open include:
- Attorneys
- Architects and engineers
- Automotive service and sales
- Banks and other financial institutions
- Body shops
- Car washes
- CPAs
- Construction
- Grocery stores
- Gun stores
- Home improvement stores
- Home repair services (electricians, plumbers, HVAC)
- Hotels/motels
- Lawn maintenance
- Leasing offices
- Manufacturers
- Medical facilities
- Package stores (curbside)
- Pawn shops
- Payday lending
- Pharmacies
- Real estate (showings/closings)
- Restaurants (curbside/drive-thru)