While I'm super excited that Scarecrow might get to stay alive, I really don't think Seattle needs an Alamo Drafthouse.

We already have so many excellent independent, locally run theaters, some of which are struggling to survive, (Grand Illusion, NWFF, The Admiral, Ark Lodge, the SIFF properties, etc. etc.) I don't know if competition from a massively recognizable national brand is really necessary.

Besides we already have this in the form of the new Sundance theatre which, in my opinion, just took the Uptown and made it more expensive (their programming isn't really any different).