{"id":157432,"date":"2026-02-09T21:32:51","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T21:32:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/157432\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T21:32:51","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T21:32:51","slug":"houston-area-alamo-drafthouse-among-those-shuttered-as-part-of-statewide-cinema-closings-houston-public-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/157432\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston-area Alamo Drafthouse among those shuttered as part of statewide cinema closings \u2013 Houston Public Media"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Image-33.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-542916\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Image-33.jpg\" alt=\"The Alamo Drafthouse sign being removed from the Katy location shortly after its closure.\" width=\"3000\" height=\"1688\"   data-eio=\"p\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Michael Adkison\/HPM<\/p>\n<p>The Alamo Drafthouse Cinema sign being removed from the Katy location on Monday, Feb. 9, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in Katy is among a handful of locations that closed across Texas over the weekend. <\/p>\n<p>The Katy theater, located southwest of Houston, was the last remaining Alamo Drafthouse in the Houston area. According to a statement on the <a href=\"https:\/\/drafthouse.com\/content\/closure-notice-houston\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">movie theater company\u2019s website<\/a>, franchise partner Triple Tap Ventures closed the Katy location along with two El Paso theaters and one in Lubbock.<\/p>\n<p>The 8-screen theater in Katy first opened in July 2018. The first Houston-area Alamo Drafthouse opened in 2003 in the West Oaks Mall. The company started in Austin in 1997 and made a name for itself by serving dinner and drinks during movie screenings, a service that has become widespread in the cinema industry.<\/p>\n<p>Sign up for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonpublicmedia.org\/hellohouston\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Hello, Houston!<\/a> daily newsletter to get local reports like this delivered directly to your inbox.<\/p>\n<p>Alamo Drafthouse was bought by Sony Pictures Experiences in 2024 after filing for bankruptcy.  <\/p>\n<p>The company said those who had pre-ordered tickets should receive an automatic refund via email. Those who purchased tickets via Fandango and Atom Tickets will need to reach out to the respective seller for refunds. Any questions regarding ticket refunds should be sent to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonpublicmedia.org\/articles\/news\/business\/2026\/02\/09\/542915\/katy-alamo-drafthouse-cinema-movie-theater-closing\/mailto:comments.lacenterra@ttv-alamo.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">comments.lacenterra@ttv-alamo.com<\/a>, according to Alamo Drafthouse, which said season pass subscribers will have their subscription automatically cancelled and a prorated refund will be issued.<\/p>\n<p>The closure of several Texas locations comes less than a month after the company faced controversy for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kut.org\/business\/2026-01-14\/austin-tx-alamo-drafthouse-mobile-ordering-phone-policy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">changing its ordering policy<\/a> to require customers to use their cell phones to place orders. Alamo Drafthouse previously prided itself on not allowing cell phones and having audience members order via paper and pencil.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Michael Adkison\/HPM The Alamo Drafthouse Cinema sign being removed from the Katy location on Monday, Feb. 9, 2026.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":157433,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[64808,64809,64810,1174,18151,1223,910,56,58,57,66,223,64811,27,64387],"class_list":["post-157432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-alamo-drafthouse-closure","tag-alamo-drafthouse-houston","tag-alamo-drafthouse-katy","tag-arts-culture","tag-arts-culture-business","tag-austin-texas","tag-business","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-local","tag-news","tag-sony-pictures-experiences","tag-texas","tag-triple-tap-ventures"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157432"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157432\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/157433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}