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Alamo Drafthouse Wants Lakewood Theater But Needs More Parking

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“Wonder if the parking garage issue could be revisited. Neighbors might see things differently if it was the only way to keep the theater a theater.”

—Randy Brooks

“I hate it that everything revolves around parking. This theater went a long, long time without a parking crisis. That crisis only exists today because of poor decisions on tenant mix and locations. No one could see that big ol’ theater sitting there at the end of the lot? So now it is a real problem and it’s going to be expensive and/or really slow to fix.”

—Norman Alston

“I’d really like to see leadership from our city council on putting a parking package together to satisfy Alamo Drafthouse, which I feel will be the best entity to keep our theater alive.”

—Woodrow Wildcat

“We lived there for 13 years and now we live in Portland, Ore. — the most walkable city in the US — and when they open a business in Portland there are no parking requirements because people walk and ride bikes. In Lakewood, a person could easily walk or ride a bike to Lakewood Theater. Explain to me why that will never happen in Dallas?”

—gimmeabreak5