Karrie League

Co-founder, Alamo Drafthouse Cinema · 1 appearance on the record.

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Insight

Karrie League: Alamo Drafthouse early expansion was driven by fear

“I feel like most of the expansion that we've done, or that we did early on, was entirely based in fear.”

Karrie League May 22, 2023 ▶ 51:23 Alamo Drafthouse Cinema: Tim and Karrie League

Disclosure

Tim and Karrie League ran Tejon Theater living behind the screen

“We had no employees. We lived in a little room that we had carved out behind the screen.”

Karrie League May 22, 2023 ▶ 18:53 Alamo Drafthouse Cinema: Tim and Karrie League

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Karrie League: Parents mortgaged their home to lend $100K for Alamo

“They mortgaged their house. In order to lend us a 100,000 dollars.”

Karrie League May 22, 2023 ▶ 29:11 Alamo Drafthouse Cinema: Tim and Karrie League

Disclosure

Karrie League: Alamo name was chosen for phone book ranking and building shape

“We want to be first in the phone book, so it has to start with A. And the top of our original building had that kind of Alamo-esque shape to it.”

Karrie League May 22, 2023 ▶ 32:38 Alamo Drafthouse Cinema: Tim and Karrie League

Disclosure

Alamo Drafthouse founders refused to see cinema advertising revenue estimates

“There were several times when we had the opportunity to find out how much of an income stream that it would be, and we both said, no, we don't want to know. We don't want to know. We don't want to have any regrets at all or any inkling of temptation, so don't …”

Karrie League May 22, 2023 ▶ 47:24 Alamo Drafthouse Cinema: Tim and Karrie League

Assertion Partly supported

Karrie League: Voicemail clip is Alamo Drafthouse's most popular PSA

“Yeah, we always do a PSA to explain our policy to people before the movie, and that's by far our most popular PSA of all time.”

Karrie League May 22, 2023 ▶ 1:04:23 Alamo Drafthouse Cinema: Tim and Karrie League

Insight

Karrie League: Competitive PhD programs require abandoning outside interests

“And that was sort of when I realized that in a competitive field like that, you could have no outside interests, and I was doomed.”

Karrie League May 22, 2023 ▶ 9:01 Alamo Drafthouse Cinema: Tim and Karrie League

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Alamo Drafthouse co-founders worked 77-hour weeks for five years

“We worked 11 hours a day for seven days a week for probably five years”

Karrie League May 22, 2023 ▶ 1:14:42 Alamo Drafthouse Cinema: Tim and Karrie League

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Tim League: Signed Tejon Theater lease about eight days after seeing sign

“Yeah, I think the amount of time we're talking about from turning left on Baker Street and seeing that for a lease sign to signing the lease, I think, was about eight days.”

Tim League May 22, 2023 ▶ 11:10 Alamo Drafthouse Cinema: Tim and Karrie League

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Tim League: Karrie League reupholstered 90% of first theater's 500 seats

“Carrie reupholstered 90% of the 500 seats of the first theater, and I would spray paint the bases and backs, and then Carrie would take the raw materials and watch movies through the week and then meet me the next weekend.”

Tim League May 22, 2023 ▶ 12:29 Alamo Drafthouse Cinema: Tim and Karrie League

Appearances (1)

Episode	Date	Speaking time
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema: Tim and Karrie League	May 22, 2023	10m

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