Downtown Nashville is getting a 50,000-square-foot playground. Hooky Nashville, a new entertainment complex at Nashville Yards, is slated to open April 29, 2026, bringing dine-in cinemas, bowling, an arcade, and private event rooms to the city’s core. The mid-rise venue will front the 900 block of Church Street, next door to The Pinnacle music hall, and is billed as a full-evening destination for families, date nights, and corporate groups. The debut comes as Nashville Yards continues to pack national restaurants and venues into a tight entertainment corridor.
What Hooky Will Offer
According to Hooky Entertainment, the Nashville location will feature seven upscale theaters outfitted with reclining, couch-style seating and full-service, chef-driven in-theater dining. One of those rooms will be a large-format SDX auditorium, equipped with 4K projection and Dolby Atmos sound for big-release nights.
Beyond the screens, the complex will include bowling lanes, an arcade and redemption room, two full bars, and private-event spaces aimed at everything from birthday parties to corporate mixers. Hooky’s corporate pages list Nashville as a coming location and highlight the brand’s growing footprint in several states, pitching the mix of food, games, and premium moviegoing as a one-stop night out for downtown visitors.
Size, Seats and Tickets
Nashville Post reports that Hooky Nashville will span roughly 50,000 square feet and hold about 380 seats across seven auditoriums. The outlet also notes that ticket sales are already live for the April 29 opening and that Joshua Pemberton will serve as the venue’s general manager.
Those figures put Hooky among the largest single leisure operators to land at Nashville Yards so far. The spring 2026 launch date gives the team several weeks to build out staff and line up special events that play off the city’s nonstop live-music calendar.
Where It Sits In The Yards
Hooky will operate inside a mid-rise office and entertainment building facing the 900 block of Church Street, in the same cluster as The Pinnacle and the CAA creative office tower. Nashville Yards notes that Southwest Value Partners and AEG developed the buildings that house CAA and The Pinnacle, positioning Hooky to catch pre- and post-show crowds from downtown concerts.
Developers have been filling the campus with national restaurants and recognizable brands, and Hooky joins a wave of recent openings meant to keep people in the district well into the evening. For visitors, the cluster creates a compact run of dining and entertainment options that can easily stretch into multi-night downtown stays.
Local Reaction And Menu
Hooky is being billed as Nashville’s first full eat-in cinema, and the company and its development partners say the concept is meant to create more ways for people to connect, according to Nashville Post. The same report outlines a menu that sounds more like a restaurant than a concession stand, with elote fritters, shrimp dishes, dry-rubbed chicken wings, Detroit-style pizza, and milkshakes in the lineup.
Hooky’s leadership has tapped Joshua Pemberton as general manager and framed the venue as a complement to the city’s live-music scene rather than competition. Local operators and promoters have told developers that a multiuse destination like this can help stretch audiences beyond the big concert nights and keep them coming back on weekdays.
When To Go
Opening-day screenings are set for April 29, and tickets are listed as on sale in the launch announcement. Hooky Entertainment also shows the Nashville location at 931 Church St, where the company is actively recruiting staff.
For now, would-be patrons can keep an eye on Hooky’s listings and the Nashville Yards events calendar for pop-up nights, private-event options, and special screenings tied to downtown shows. Developers say Hooky’s arrival locks in another major piece of the Nashville Yards entertainment corridor, which is anchored by national restaurants and a 4,500-capacity music venue. We will be watching to see what launch-week programming and community events the complex rolls out around opening day.
