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The Alamo Drafthouse Cinema is an American cinema chain founded in 1997 in Austin, Texas, USA that is famous for its strict policy of requiring its audiences to maintain proper cinemagoing etiquette. It has screens in eleven locations across Texas in addition to locations in Winchester, Virginia; Kalamazoo, Michigan; Kansas City, Missouri; Littleton, Colorado; Ashburn, Virginia;〔"(Alamo Drafthouse expands to D.C. )." Bizjournals.com Retrieved on April 5, 2012.〕 and Yonkers, New York, with others to be built in Los Angeles; San Francisco; New York City;〔"(Alamo Drafthouse to Fill Rave Cityplace 14 Space in Downtown Kalamazoo by Mid-Year, Officials Say )." mlive.com Retrieved on February 15, 2013.〕 Chandler, Arizona;〔http://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/news/2014/12/19/starting-a-row-entertainment-project-featuring.html〕 and La Vista, Nebraska.〔"(Coming to La Vista: a movie theater, bar and restaurant - all in one )." omaha.com Retrieved on June 23, 2014.〕 Its headquarters is located in Austin.〔"(Overview Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas )." All Business. Retrieved on April 4, 2010.〕 ==History== The Alamo Drafthouse Cinema was founded by Rice University alumni Tim and Karrie League at 409 Colorado St, in an Austin, Texas warehouse-district building that was being used as a parking garage.〔http://news.rice.edu/2013/08/02/reel-nerds-how-two-rice-undergrads-started-an-unconventional-cinema-empire/〕 The company began as a second-run movie theater, and distinguished itself by the food and drink service offered inside the theater, including cold beers. The seating is arranged with rows of cabaret style tables in front of each row of seats, with an aisle between each row to accommodate waiter service. Customers write their orders on slips of paper, which are picked up by black-clad waiters. Soon after opening, the original downtown theater began offering occasional unique programming such as silent movies scored by local bands playing live accompaniment, food-themed films such as ''Like Water for Chocolate'' served with a dinner matching the meals shown on screen, and retrospectives of various directors and stars. In 2001, the Leagues renovated a four-screen art-house theater at 2700 Anderson Lane in North Austin, called Village Cinema, which had recently closed, and opened it as an Alamo Drafthouse which specialized in first-run movies. With this new Alamo Drafthouse Village, the downtown location ceased showing second-run movies and began to concentrate almost exclusively on unusual programming including classics, cult classics, independents, documentaries, special guest appearances, and audience participation shows. In 2003, the Alamo Drafthouse, under the direction of new CEO Terrell Braly, moved even further north, to 13729 Research Blvd in far northwest Austin. The Alamo Drafthouse Lake Creek had seven screens, all dedicated to new movies. Almost simultaneously, the Alamo granted their first franchise, which opened in the West Oaks Mall in Houston, Texas. In 2013, the Lake Creek location was closed upon the opening of the brand new, larger, Lakeline location. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alamo Drafthouse Cinema」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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