Alamo Drafthouse — the hip Austin, Texas-based movie show chain championed equally for its diversely interesting movie choices and its strict no-talking/texting coverage — has introduced plans to open two new areas within the South Bay.
The brand new theaters might be positioned in Santa Clara and Mountain View, becoming a member of the corporate’s longtime Bay Space outpost — Alamo Drafthouse New Mission — which has been a preferred attraction for movie followers since opening in San Francisco’s Mission District in 2015.
“By 2025, we’ll have been in San Francisco for 10 years, and this feels like the perfect way to celebrate the decade of support and enthusiasm we’ve received from Bay Area film fans,” says Alamo Drafthouse CEO Michael Kustermann. “It’s an area we love that has shown us a lot of love back, and we’re thrilled to be able to expand and provide our unique experience to more people.”
The brand new theaters, which is able to present first-run motion pictures in addition to Alamo’s widespread various programming, will take over spots beforehand run by ShowPlace ICON at Westfield Valley Honest buying heart in Santa Clara and the Village at San Antonio Heart in Mountain View. The 2 ShowPlace areas closed after proprietor Kerasotes Theatres went out enterprise earlier this yr.
The brand new operators might be updating the theaters with “premium, reclining leather seats, a revamped culinary and bar experience and immersive themes unique to each location,” in accordance with a information launch. Each theaters will function state-of-the-art 4K digital projection and Dolby Atmos sound methods.
The Alamo Drafthouse Mountain View might be positioned in a 64,500-square-foot house that may function 10 auditoriums with roughly 1,100 luxurious recliner seats.
The Alamo Drafthouse Westfield Valley Honest may also function 10 auditoriums, solely with a bigger variety of luxurious recliner seats — 1,500 — housed in a barely smaller 62,228-square-foot house.
The 2 areas may also supply full food and drinks menus, identical to at Alamo’s different theaters.
And, in fact, Alamo’s famed (and strict) no-talking/texting/late arrival insurance policies — which search to maximise the movie-going expertise for movie devotees — might be in place on the theaters in Santa Clara and Mountain View.
In celebration of the brand new theaters opening within the South Bay, Alamo Drafthouse may also be giving freely 5 free yearlong, two-person subscriptions to Alamo Season Move — the chain’s month-to-month subscription service which entitles subscribers to at least one free film per day at any of its theaters from coast to coast. Discover extra data at drafthouse.com/sf/content material/sf-bay.
Based in Austin in 1997, Alamo Drafthouse now operates areas in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago and roughly two dozen different metropolitan areas. It was purchased earlier this yr by Sony Footage.
For extra data on Alamo Drafthouse, go to drafthouse.com.
