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moderne wrote:...and hello Bank of K Mart.
Wal-Mart.
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To be technical, controlled by the Walton family separate from Walmart.
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No matter who owns them, Arvest gets points for sticking a bank at 31st and Prospect.
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They ain't doin it for points.
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taxi wrote:They ain't doin it for points.
Maybe. But they ain't doin it for money, either. They're losing money keeping that branch open.
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Anyone else hearing that Alamo may be shutting down in the near future?

I heard this third or fourth hand and didn't put much stock in it, but then I'm seeing on Reddit that the arcade machines are gone--which is kind of their thing in my experience. I'd hate to see this happen, I love that theater and Alamo's take on going to the movies.
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How busy have they seemed?
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I love going to moves at Alamo, would be too bad if they closed. I have noticed that the arcade is gone, but every movie I have gone to there has seemed relatively busy. With AMC and Alamo gone at this location, I wonder what would possibly move in? Seems like they would have the best chance to make that location work.
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Worry not:

https://www.facebook.com/AlamoKansasCit ... comments=1

... it would also be kind of weird to close so soon after rolling out the rewards program (which no other Drafthouse has yet).

http://drafthouse.com/blog/entry/victor ... tim-league
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Walked by today and noticed signs of work happening inside. Most of the Alamo cutouts in the Main-facing windows are gone.
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What was there before the Mainstreet Theater.

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Sanborn map before Mainstreet construction.

https://kchistory.org/image/sanborn-map ... ffset%5D=7

Sanborn map after Mainstreet construction.

https://kchistory.org/image/sanborn-map ... ffset%5D=3

The Mainstreet Theater will be 100-years-old in October.
The 3,000-plus seat Mainstreet Theatre opened in October 30, 1921 with Conway Tearle in “After Midnight” on the screen and on the stage Eddie Foy & the Younger Foy’s in “The Foy Fun Revue” plus vaudeville acts.
http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/4866

Opening day.

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Peek into lobby. Lots of work happening
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B&B Mainstreet Theater Reopening Soon With James Bond

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B&B Mainstreet Theater Reopening Soon With James Bond
The newly rechristened B&B Mainstreet Theater expects to open, appropriately, in time to screen the new James Bond movie “No Time to Die” scheduled for release Oct. 8.
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https://cityscenekc.com/bb-mainstreet-t ... JvjVBl22Hk
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FangKC wrote: Tue Sep 28, 2021 4:24 pm B&B Mainstreet Theater Reopening Soon With James Bond
The newly rechristened B&B Mainstreet Theater expects to open, appropriately, in time to screen the new James Bond movie “No Time to Die” scheduled for release Oct. 8.
...
https://cityscenekc.com/bb-mainstreet-t ... JvjVBl22Hk
Grand opening mean we can rename the thread?
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Yes I went there too and looked in the windows this past weekend inside it- the whole place looks good and ready to go. Looks like a professional theatre on the inside.
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Anthony_Hugo98 wrote: Tue Sep 28, 2021 5:51 pm
FangKC wrote: Tue Sep 28, 2021 4:24 pm B&B Mainstreet Theater Reopening Soon With James Bond
The newly rechristened B&B Mainstreet Theater expects to open, appropriately, in time to screen the new James Bond movie “No Time to Die” scheduled for release Oct. 8.
...
https://cityscenekc.com/bb-mainstreet-t ... JvjVBl22Hk
Grand opening mean we can rename the thread?
Want to name it AMC coming to Empire...now it's Alamo...now it's B&B?
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KCPowercat wrote: Tue Sep 28, 2021 6:13 pm
Anthony_Hugo98 wrote: Tue Sep 28, 2021 5:51 pm
FangKC wrote: Tue Sep 28, 2021 4:24 pm B&B Mainstreet Theater Reopening Soon With James Bond



https://cityscenekc.com/bb-mainstreet-t ... JvjVBl22Hk
Grand opening mean we can rename the thread?
Want to name it AMC coming to Empire...now it's Alamo...now it's B&B?
It would be only fitting
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Re: B&B Mainstreet Theater

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B&B Theatres renovates, reimagines the former Drafthouse Mainstreet

https://www.thepitchkc.com/bb-theaters- ... ainstreet/
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