Hippodrome expanding with 3 more screens, updated seating, revamped restaurant - Waco, TX
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The Waco Hippodrome Theatre is expanding, and the work will include installation of three more screens for first-run movies, reclining theater seats, relocation of the bar and dining room to the first floor and a new rooftop patio.
Waymark Code: WMW36W
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 07/04/2017
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Waco Trib
“We are getting ready to bring you the best in entertainment possibilities in Waco,” according to a statement on the expansion.
Demolition has started on a building adjacent to the Hippodrome on Eighth Street to make room for the expansion.
The theater marked its 100th anniversary in 2014 and reopened for business in November of that year after a two-year, $2.6 million renovation. Brothers Shane and Cody Turner bought the building and made it suitable for movie viewing after it closed in 2010 because of chronic financial problems.
Now the Turners will fine-tune their creation to produce a rooftop patio, event space, improved accommodation for banquets and special events, and a bar and dining room on the first floor, offering easy access from Austin Avenue.
“We will continue to offer lunch and dinner on a daily basis, as well as brunch on the weekends,” according to the statement. “We will also be opening a rooftop patio where you can dine in style and look out over downtown Waco. Both dining options will have a newly expanded menu.”
Shane Turner said Kunkel Construction, which the Turners operate, should complete the renovation by the end of the year.