Alamo Drafthouse scraps planned Upper West Side NYC theater (Yonkers location is open, Brooklyn still coming)

Bad news for NYC folks who were looking forward to the Alamo Drafthouse‘s planned Upper West Side “Metro” theater — it isn’t happening:

An often-stated priority for the Alamo Drafthouse has been to open a venue in New York City. While that still stands true, the reality of the upper west side Metro is that too much has changed since we initially began work on the location. Construction costs have risen tremendously since engaging in the project back in early 2012 (due in some measure to ongoing Hurricane Sandy reconstruction efforts) and ultimately the location is no longer financially viable for us. We would love to make the upper west side location our next neighborhood theater in New York, but we cannot see this particular location as sustainable under current conditions.

Well that’s a bummer. Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas is still planning to open a location in downtown Brooklyn in 2015 and the Yonkers branch opened in August.