{"id":470159,"date":"2026-10-19T02:06:26","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T02:06:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/470159\/"},"modified":"2026-10-19T02:06:26","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T02:06:26","slug":"houston-area-movie-theater-set-for-13-million-renovation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/470159\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston-area movie theater set for $13 million renovation"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Houston-area movie theater <\/a>is set for a massive $13 million renovation that will add bowling lanes, a restaurant and bar, and more.<\/p>\n

The Xscape at Katy Fulshear, located on FM 1093 in Richmond, permanently closed in June after\u00a0EVO Entertainment bought it. When the theater closed, new ownership announced that it would turn the nearly 55,000-square-foot entertainment<\/a> venue into more than just a movie theater, adding attractions laser tag, bowling, arcade games, and a full restaurant and bar. The plan was also to refurbish the actual movie theaters into a more high-end offering.<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

Construction on the remodel is set to begin in November, according to a newly-filed registration with the Texas Department of Licensing and Registration. The remodel will include additions to house the bowling alley, laser tag, and arcade, as well as remodeling the existing structure.\u00a0<\/p>\n

EVO Entertainment was founded by Mitch Roberts in 2014. The Texas-based entertainment and cinema chain has six\u00a0EVO theaters in the Lone Star State with three more, including the new Fulshear location, on the way.<\/p>\n

According to announcements made this summer, EVO indicated that it will demolish about half of the existing 55,000-square-foot building and construct an additional 35,000 to 40,000 square feet of new entertainment spaces.<\/p>\n

“We are thrilled to bring EVO Entertainment to this vibrant and growing community,” said founder and CEO Mitch Roberts when EVO acquired Xscape. <\/a>“This property has long served as a gathering place for local residents, and we are excited to expand upon that legacy while reimagining it for the next generation.”<\/p>\n

Adding extracurricular activities around the movie theater is an effort to turn the space into a mixed-use entertainment venue.<\/p>\n

The venue will also be reducing the number of movie theaters it houses from 12 screens to seven. The screens will feature two premium format options with screens more than 70 feet wide featuring Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos sound technology.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The completion date for the project is currently set for June 2027. An opening date has not been announced.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Houston-area movie theater is set for a massive $13 million renovation that will add bowling lanes, a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":470160,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[2466,1704,56,58,57],"class_list":["post-470159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-chronculture","tag-chronstaff","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470159","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=470159"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470159\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/470160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=470159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=470159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=470159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}