Santikos Entertainment

South Texas chain Santikos Theaters announced a definitive purchase agreement to acquire AmStar Cinemas and The Grand Theatres from VSS-Southern Theatres, LLC. The acquisition increases the footprint of Santikos from 121 screens at 10 locations to 377 screens in 27...

Trane Technologies and Santikos Entertainment have announced an annual 30% energy savings as a result of comprehensive energy and infrastructure upgrades on six Santikos theaters in the San Antonio area. The annual savings involve 3,800,000 kWh in electricity. Using the...

San Antonio-based Santikos Entertainment has announced the final result of their most recent food drive, launched to support the New Braunfels and San Antonio Food Bank near Santikos’ Cibolo entertainment center complex. On June 1, 2022, in the sweltering Texas...

Texas-based cinema chain Santikos Entertainment is bringing back its free summer movies series, with eight films across eight weeks on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings. The screenings take place at 10 A.M. on a first-come first-served basis, meaning no advanced sales...

The National Association of Concessionaires (NAC) has selected Rob Lehman, Chief Operating Officer at Santikos Entertainment, as the 2021 Bert Nathan Memorial Award honoree. The Bert Nathan Memorial Award is presented by NAC every year “to recognize leadership and significant...

PRESS RELEASE SACRAMENTO – October 06, 2021 –Santikos has selected Cinionic, the Barco, CGS, and ALPD cinema joint venture, as its exclusive technology partner for the next three years. Under the new agreement, Cinionic will power the San Antonio, Texas...

San Antonio-based Santikos Entertainment has announced the opening of their tenth location, set to begin operations in late summer 2021. The theater, located in New Braunfels, Texas, is a pre-existing cinema that was operated by Alamo Drafthouse prior to that...

Since 2010, the New Braunfels Food Bank has been providing food to families in need throughout Southwest Texas. With the outbreak of Covid-19, need remains high—but the group hit a speed bump when the usual location for their monthly food...

San Antonio-based Santikos Entertainment, in partnership with the nonprofit group Community Labs, will be conducting weekly tests of all theater employees. “Since the first presence of Covid in our community, our number one priority has been to ensure the safety...

By Daniel Loria, Kevin Lally, and Rebecca Pahle The reopening effort in the United States started in Texas, as cinema entertainment centers—known for having larger sites that can more easily accommodate social distancing measures—were among the first circuits to resume operations....

Following Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s announcement that his state’s stay-at-home order would expire, allowing theaters to open at reduced capacity as soon as this Friday, Texas chains have begun to chime on in their own reopening timetables. Alamo Drafthouse will...

Like all cinema circuits nationwide, Texas’s Santikos Entertainment has been forced to close its doors. But the local nonprofit chain—with nine locations in and around the San Antonio area—has used this period of struggle to step up to the plate....