After many months in the dark, the movie projectors are slowly turning back on around El Paso, including those at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema Montecillo on the city’s west side.
Tuesday evening’s reopening was treated as a triumph with the cinema even giving out special collectible tickets to those first returning customers.
“I came here early to get this and I am going to hang it up on my wall,” said El Paso resident and movie fan Mike Salazar. “El Paso has a strong movie community so this is a massive morale boost for us collectively.”