Alamo Drafthouse has added five new auditoriums to its Downtown Brooklyn cinema in a major upgrade of the chain’s first NYC location and highest grossing theater since opening in 2016.
The eat-in, art house, first run and repertory chain, acquired by Sony in June, has also just purchased six theaters in Dallas-Forth Worth and Woodbury, New Mexico that were shuttered suddenly by a franchisee and will be reopening them one by one this month.
The Brooklyn upgrade, which will catch the second weekend of Deadpool & Wolverine, includes new recliner seats and projection throughout.
The five auditoriums add 256 seats (for a total of 978), all leather recliners with eat-in swivel tables. Each has Laser projectors, RealD 3D, 70mm, and 35mm capabilities on select screens.
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