Alamo Drafthouse Cinema Moves Forward With Planning’s Blessing

The Planning Commission yesterday approved the plans for the big new movie theater that is going to change everything on Mission Street. Austin-based chain Alamo Drafthouse Cinema is moving forward with its $10 million renovation of the New Mission Theater at 2554 Mission Street (between 21st and 22nd), turning the former single-screen, 2,000 seat space into a five-screen complex with a built-in restaurant and bar. As Alamo’s CEO Tim League revealed last year, his decision to expand here was partly personal — he was born in Berkeley, his parents met here, and his wife used to work in the Bay Area.