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Alamo Drafthouse to premiere new dine-in theater in Dallas-Fort Worth

DFW will soon be getting a new Alamo Drafthouse.

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UPDATE - 2-3-22: Alamo Drafthouse in Grand Prairie will now open in early 2024, the company announced.

UPDATE - 6-6-24: In the wake of the five Dallas-Fort Worth Alamo Drafthouse locations closing, an Alamo Drafthouse corporate spokesperson released the following statement: "Our franchisee in Grand Prairie, Alamo Grand Prairie Bardin, LLC, is not affiliated with Two is One, One is None, LLC. The Alamo Drafthouse Grand Prairie is set to announce a groundbreak sometime in 2024."

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Even though all six of its Dallas-Fort Worth theaters are temporarily closed due to the coronavirus pandemic, Alamo Drafthouse is moving forward with a new location in Grand Prairie.

Records filed with the State of Texas show a new 43,874-square-foot, 10-screen location of the Austin-based chain of dine-in and drink-at movie theaters is on tap for Bardin Road near State Highway 360 and I-20. Work on the $4 million project is set to start in late January and be completed in late October.

The owner of the project is listed as Arlington-based Hamilton Peck Commercial LLC, and the design firm is listed as Dallas-based GFF Inc. It appears the Grand Prairie theater will be franchisee-owned.

"At this time we can confirm the Grand Prairie location is in the planning stages," says Alamo spokesman Brad Johnson. "More to come."

Alamo Drafthouse’s six locations in DFW — all owned by franchisees — are temporarily shut down because of the coronavirus pandemic. In a post on its website, Alamo Drafthouse explains the theaters are closed due to a lack of new releases from major movie studios.

“This is a terribly difficult and disappointing decision, but we’re hopeful that by pausing now, we’ll be able to reopen all six of our DFW franchise locations once a steady stream of new releases resumes,” Alamo Drafthouse says on its website.

Here are the six DFW theaters that are temporarily shuttered:

1005 S. Lamar St., Dallas
6770 Abrams Rd., Dallas
3220 Town Center Dr., Denton
320 W. Las Colinas Blvd., Irving
8380 Davis Blvd., North Richland Hills
100 South Central Expwy., Richardson

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Alex Bentley contributed to this story.

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