Alamo Drafthouse Downtown Los Angeles

The largest auditorium has only 63 seats?! Surely that’s a misprint!

Just shy of its eighth month of operation, Alamo Drafthouse Downtown L.A. closed March 17, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic along with all of Alamo’s other 40 locations. 20 locations excluding L.A. relaunched later in the year briefly. Alamo Drafthouse then declared bankruptcy on March 3, 2021 emerging with a new structure a month later allowing the circuit to continue operations with four locations shuttered. The Downtown L.A. was the third location to reopen for the circuit along with its Mueller location San Antonio on May 28, 2021.

First visit today (7/27/19) to see Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood 35mm presentation. I’ve been waiting for Alamo to open up ever since rumors began swirling around several years ago. Man, was it ever worth the wait. From the bar and arcade downstairs to the sleek corridors of cinemas up the escalator this is a magical place. I’m so grateful that our neighborhood cinema is Alamo Drafthouse DTLA!