March 2017 | Business View Magazine

30 31 T he Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas are not your ordinary movie hous- es. Rather, think of them as community cultural centers that celebrate the art of film - in all its many genres - while providing the best food and beverage for their customers and engaging them in unique cinema experiences. Indeed, for the past twenty years, Alamo Drafthouse has finely honed the art of producing large-scale, immer- sive, film-related events all over the United States in all types of loca- tions - from classic movie palaces to underground caves to mountain retreats. It has even screened Jaws on the water with the audience floating around in inner tubes! “One of the benefits of coming into this business –not being a part of it, but just being a movie fan - is from day one, we decided to do a few things differently,” says Tim League, company Founder and CEO, in what can only be characterized as a vast understatement. Beginning with one screen in Austin, Texas in a former parking The Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas Movies and more The Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas