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January 30, 2005

South Lamar Alamo Drafthouse To Open in March

A new Alamo Drafthouse will be opening in March at the location of the old Fiesta market at 1120 S. Lamar. With six screens and stadium seating, this may be one of the biggest Drafthouse ventures yet. And with 200 new openings planned nationwide in the next five years, we may be looking at the first Drafthouse-cum-Starbucks pilot project with this new theater. They are even going to feature slightly different food from the usual burgers/pizza fare and have hired one of the chefs from Mars restaurant. The new location also “will feature 3-D capability in one theater (and) show drive-in movies in the parking lot.”

The grand opening will take place starting March 7th and continue into SXSW Film, and it looks like they're planning some of the usual Alamo-type programming, including a double feature of “Waking Life” and “Dazed and Confused” with Wiley Wiggins hosting [via], and the Foleyvision Turkish Wizard of Oz, which will probably be almost as good as that fan remake of “Raiders of the Lost Ark” they showed a couple of years ago.

Posted by timothompson at January 30, 2005 05:00 PM