Alamo Drafthouse in Richardson will reopen Aug. 9, according a July 19 news release issued by the company.

What you need to know

Along with the Richardson location, four other locations in North Texas will reopen by the end of August. Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, which was recently purchased by Sony, acquired the shuttered theater after the former franchisee’s Chapter 7 bankruptcy filing.

The opening date of each North Texas theater is as follows:
  • Alamo Drafthouse Richardson will reopen August 9
  • Alamo Drafthouse Lake Highlands will reopen August 13
  • Alamo Drafthouse Cedars will reopen August 16
  • Alamo Drafthouse Denton will reopen August 20
  • Alamo Drafthouse Las Colinas will reopen August 23
“Our number one goal throughout this difficult period has been to do right by the former teammates and get back to providing the exceptional cinema experience our guests deserve,” Alamo Drafthouse CEO Michael Kustermann said in the release. “We’re thrilled to say that goal is in sight and that we’ll have teammates and guests back in those theaters very soon.”

The backstory


All five North Texas Alamo Drafthouse locations abruptly closed last month when the franchisee filed Chapter 7 bankruptcy. In January, the city partnered with Alamo Drafthouse, providing $400,000 for renovations.

At the time the theater closed, the city had only provided $200,000 of the economic incentive. In late June, Alamo Drafthouse Cinema announced it acquired the theaters and planned to reopen them.

Per the release, employees who lost their jobs when the locations closed will be paid wages that were due when the theaters closed, and members of Alamo Drafthouse’s Season Pass subscription service will receive two free months of service when their accounts are reactivated.