Tim League Stepping Down as Drafthouse CEO

Founder now executive chairman, replaced by former Disney exec

"...Alamo Drafthouse has just been announced, as founder Tim League steps down as CEO to become executive chairman, and..."

April 30, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Good, the Bad, the English & the Deutsch

"...Alamo founders Tim and Karrie League screened Sergio Leone's A Fistful of Dollars, For..."

June 19, 2008 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Reunited

Alamo Drafthouses to merge, Tim League back in as CEO

"...George A. Romero's walking dead, Alamo Drafthouse founder Tim League is officially back as the CEO of "the Alamo..."

June 4, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Booze, Blades, and Babes: Alamo Slaughter Lane Opens

Opening ceremonies for Alamo Slaughter Lane

"...calvary saber, and the babes were Cassidy and Calliope League, aged six months and six months, respectively...."

March 22, 2012 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

A Broken Trust at the Alamo Drafthouse

After executive mismanagement of sexual harassment accusations, the movie chain reconsiders what it means to do the right thing

"...Last month, Drafthouse founder and CEO Tim League consulted with a former executive at Southwest Airlines, to..."

March 2, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Feast of the Dragon

Hong Kong Sundays at the Alamo bring watermelon monsters and world-class Asian cuisine together.

"...When Tim and Karrie League opened the first Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in 1996,..."

Aug. 1, 2003 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

10 Pins and a Dream

The Alamo Drafthouse empire expands to include bowling, karaoke, and cocktails

"...Alamo Drafthouse kingpin Tim League has big balls. We mean huge, swirly 12-pounders. And..."

June 12, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Film News

More on the original Alamo Drafthouse's big move; plus, will a $40,000 incentive be enough to keep the Lights on in Austin?

"...Tim League missed his own press conference announcing the original Alamo..."

March 30, 2007 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

All in the Presentation

John Bullington's and James Holmes' culinary performance art: now showing at an Alamo Drafthouse (or elsewhere) near you

"...of the primary reasons Alamo Drafthouse founders Tim and Karrie League chose to sell their fledgling corporate franchise operation..."

Aug. 5, 2005 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Re-Re-Re-Re-Reopening Night

The Ritz: Talkie theatre, cowboy hangout, playhouse, comedy and punk club, Alamo Drafthouse Cinema

"...doesn't matter. Whoever he is, he isn't Tim or Karrie League, the husband-and-wife founders of the Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas,..."

Nov. 2, 2007 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Original Alamo Will Survive ... as a Nonprofit

Downtown Drafthouse will assume nonprofit status

"...finally be put to rest. The movie house that Karrie and Tim League built will indeed survive, but reworked..."

June 2, 2006 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

The Sound and the Fury

Local theatre Alamo Drafthouse teams silent films with live musical scores by favorite Austin acts.

"...happiness or hope exist. Alamo Drafthouse co-owners Tim and Karrie League had tried the concept of silent films and..."

Sept. 10, 1999 Music Feature by Jerry Renshaw

The Music Is Pretty Much Incessant

P. Kellach Waddle, the River City's 'educated hillbilly,' composes himself a life

"...magic, serendipitous thing – was that [Alamo owner] Tim League and I lived in the same dorm. And so..."

April 20, 2007 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Short Cuts

Tim League reflects on the sale of Alamo Drafthouse franchising and marketing operations; W. is Dracula; and San Marcos is at the drive-in

"...downtown theatre," explains founder and co-owner (along with wife, Karrie) Tim League, "the idea of an expansion has been..."

July 30, 2004 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Page Two

Our "Best of Austin" 2001 recognizes some heroes of daily life; the Chronicle celebrates its 20th anniversary with a number of upcoming special events.

"...seemed more appropriate. The staff had suggested Tim and Karrie League as the cover, which was an idea I..."

Oct. 5, 2001 Column by Louis Black

Short Cuts

Welcome to the Alamo Drafthouse Version 3.0.

"...better this summer, when Alamo Drafthouse owners Tim and Karrie League unveil Alamo Version 3.0 in their ever-expanding global..."

Feb. 7, 2003 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Short Cuts

Tim and Karrie League take their genius Drafthouse idea and open two more franchises.

"...level of expansion for quite a while," said Tim League, who co-owns the nascent chain with wife Karrie, "and..."

March 7, 2003 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Are You Experienced?

In its continuing endeavor to be coolest enterprise in Austin, the Alamo Drafthouse served up BBQ, Baby Ruths, beer, and Corey "Mouth" Feldman at last weekend's Ultimate Goonies Experience.

"...hand. Truffle shuffled, to be exact -- Drafthouse owners Karrie and Tim League gleefully insisted that, before entering the..."

June 14, 2002 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

A Plea for 'Balanced Density'

West Campus neighborhood challenges new duplex development

"...am a big advocate of density," said OWUNA secretary Karrie League. "I wanted to say that first thing, because..."

Feb. 10, 2012 News Feature by Amy Smith

A Closing Credit for The Alamo at 409 Colorado

June 27

"...time when the 24-frames-per-second former of ex-Californians Tim and Karrie League wasn't as much a part of Austin's cultural..."

June 22, 2007 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

This Town Is Big Enough for the Four of Us

There's a new place to get drunk, full, and filmically informed, but it's still the Alamo Drafthouse

"...in time for South by Southwest 2005, Tim and Karrie League are unveiling their newest offspring, the 800-seat Alamo..."

March 4, 2005 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Historic Baker School Site Among Items on Final 2020 Council Agenda

School, pond, no house

"...landmark Baker School – Alamo Draft­house co-founders Tim and Karrie League – are seeking historic status for the site..."

Dec. 11, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Make 'Em Laugh (And, Yes, Even Learn)

The Alamo Drafthouse inaugurates a new film appreciation series with Ninotchka

"..."[Alamo co-owners] Tim and Karrie [League] came out of the movie aglow. Everybody came..."

Jan. 29, 2010 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Food-o-file

Whole Foods and Alamo expand, UT opens its doors wide, and more

"...a new location this week. Dinner-and-a-movie theatre-innovators Tim and Karrie League will unveil their eagerly awaited new outlet, the..."

March 4, 2005 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Alamo on Its Way South

Downtown theatre will move in seven months

"...It's been almost eight years since Tim and Karrie League arrived in Austin with a passionate love of..."

March 12, 2004 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Short Cuts

Hello Murdah, Hello Foddah: Marc Savlov reports from the Alamo's Camp Hacknslash, where more than 1,000 horror fans saw Freddy Vs. Jason while not sloshing their way around a softball field and flashing their kibbles and bits.

"...why the hell not?), but Alamo owners Tim and Karrie League have set something of a new gold standard..."

Aug. 15, 2003 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

After a Fashion

Keg party at the lake! We get starstruck at the 10th anniversary party for Dazed and Confused, Richard Linklater's classic ode to bud and tube socks.

"...Andy; my cantankerous boss, Louis Black; Alamo Drafthouse's Tim League (who, along with his wife, Karrie, seems to be..."

June 6, 2003 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Fangs for the Memories

Shopping & sucking with erstwhile vampire Udo Kier

"...of the most bizarrely entertaining weekend events Tim and Karrie League of the Alamo have ever hosted. Rumor has..."

Dec. 13, 2002 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Food-o-File

Virginia B. Wood recounts the Chronicle's Eat Drink Watch Movies event for those who couldn't attend and divulges the latest culinary news in Austin.

"...positive adjectives in the dictionary to describe Tim and Karrie League, owners of the Alamo Drafthouse, and their staff..."

Nov. 16, 2001 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Page Two

The war on drugs works in opposition to the battle against terrorism.

"...experience was great. Thanks to Virginia Wood, Tim and Karrie League at the Alamo, and all the restaurants that..."

Nov. 9, 2001 Column by Louis Black

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