This Former Bed Bath & Beyond Is Becoming A Movie Theater

In an era when the number of U.S. movie theaters is shrinking, Roadhouse Cinemas of Tucson, Arizona is expanding.

Including into space formerly occupied by Big Box retailers.

Like Bed Bath & Beyond.

In 2014 Roadhouse opened the first dine-in movie theater in Tucson when it repurposed a six screen cinema in a 23,000 square foot space at the Crossroads Shopping Center.

Three new screens were added during a 10,000 square foot expansion in 2017.

And now Roadhouse is taking over the 37,000 square foot former Bed Bath & Beyond that is located on the other side of its current west wall in the shopping center.

Adding the former Bed Bath & Beyond space will double its size - but Roadhouse is planning to include more than just additional theaters in the new space.

Roadhouse’s expansion area will be named Rail Yard and include 14 bowling lanes, an axe-throwing area, an arcade and even Topgolf Swing Suites.

It also plans to add 4 or 5 “room-sized” theaters with about 10 seats each that can be reserved by individual parties for private viewings.

The Rail Yard will be similar to a concept that Roadhouse introduced at its third location in Colorado Springs, Colorado

The Colorado Springs Roadhouse Cinema + Rail Yard location opened in 2020.

It too was a repurpose and adaptive reuse of former Big Box retail space - a retrofit of part of a former Kmart building.

And one of more than a dozen former Kmart properties that have since been converted into movie theaters and family entertainment centers.