Alamo Drafthouse at the Ritz
320 E. 6th Street,
Austin,
TX
78701
320 E. 6th Street,
Austin,
TX
78701
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Alamo Drafthouse declared bankruptcy and announced permanent closure of three locations on March 3, 2021. The flagship Alamo Drafthouse at the Ritz was sadly on that list and was joined by the New Braunfels Alamo Drafthouse Market Place and Kansas City’s venerable Mainstreet Theatre.
October 13th, 1929 grand opening ad:
Ritz theatre opening · Sun, Oct 13, 1929 – 22 · Austin American-Statesman (Austin, Texas) · Newspapers.com
This one originally opened on October 13, 1929.
Very nice theater and screen
anyone know what the dimensions of screen #1 is? The 70mm projector is being used (obviously) for the upcoming run of ‘Interstellar’
Here is a press release announcing the installation of 70mm projectors at this theater and of an upcoming 70mm festival. Bravo!
70mm engagement of “The Master” confirmed
Very nice I like it.
There is a very good wiki page about the Ritz.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ritz(Austin,Texas))
On March 30th and 31st, the Ritz theater will present An Audience of One, a hilarious, yet chilling documentary from Mike Jacobs. It looks into the life of a pentacostal minister and his dreams of making a big budget multi-million dollar film. It’s an amazing look into faith and how far it can drive people, and is worth watching.
A full view of the Ritz Theater in Austin taken 1990.
Here is a blog about the opening dated 10/29/07:
http://tinyurl.com/227lk7
Picture of the screen has been removed….What does that say?
Anyway the theater looks nice and i wish them well!
its nice to see that draft house people are posting on this site as wednesday..but…..never went to a theater that screen size was not one of the most important feature!!!!!!!!!!!!
To even insult IMAX by compareing it to this ……lol
It’s not the screen size that’s important, it’s the experience. And without people talking around me during the films, with special events and corresponding menu items, alcohol, food brought right to you, and truly unique programming, I’d gladly go to this theater than an IMAX size one any day. And though they may be strapped for size (since it is a historic building with 2 screens squeezed into one small building), they don’t skimp on the audio setup in the least. I love you, Drafthouse
DID ANYONE SEE THE SIZE OF THAT SCREEN…………….That is a home theater size!
Re-opening night photo set can be found here, including mass numbers of renovation pictures:
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Good luck to the Alamo. The best theater in the country combined with the resurrection of an old movie palace? Perfect.
According to this article, it’s soon to be changed to the newest downtown location of the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema. So, movies will once again play and be appreciated at the Ritz/Alamo Drafthouse Downtown.
My image of the RITZ THEATER sign in Austin
www.flickr.com/photos/lastpictureshow/238670924/
The correct address of the Ritz Theatre is 320 E. 6th Street, Austin, TX.78701
The Ritz Theatre was listed as seating 800 people.
link to the photo:
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2004 picture of the RITZ sign @ www.vanishingmovietheaters.net