Shooters Sports Grill in Hamilton announces opening date

The location is in the renovated former Danbarry Theater on Northwest Washington Boulevard, which is still a work in progress. It includes the 15,000-square-foot Shooters Sports Grill, which features the 10-by-20-foot “jumbotron” screen above a 33-seat bar. In the back, there will be a 6,000-square-foot wedding and live music venue called the Washington Event Center, and while it’s still under construction, a second 6,000-square-foot restaurant space is available for a future tenant.

Even though the “jumbotron” is the first thing people see when they walk into a movie theater-turned-sports bar, they’ll also see televisions everywhere. Owners Todd and Alison Helton have decorated the walls not only with signed sports memorabilia, but also 40 televisions – 75 or 85 inches with individual programming – throughout the 400-plus seat restaurant. They have two dedicated team rooms for youth sports organizations celebrating big wins, club meetings, or fantasy football leagues needing space to conduct their annual draft.

More signed memorabilia will hang on the walls as the Heltons collect more, but they also have a huge state-of-the-art kitchen and will have 48 faucets with 24 options.

The restaurant also opens through a garage door onto a spacious 75-seat patio.

Although the potential second restaurant next door is unfinished, Todd Helton said once they see what Shooters, the bar and event center is up and running, “I think someone is going to knock on my door and say, “I want this space.” We wanted to focus on getting Shooters up and running, and I think once the patio is laid out and finished, I think someone will see it and want it.

Shooters will be open daily at 11 a.m. and close at 11 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and midnight Friday and Saturday.

“We want to give people a place to go after football or basketball games,” Todd Helton said. “We’ve had some challenges and something happens at school, and we get out at 9:30 p.m. and no one wants to see you walk in the door at 10 p.m. We want to welcome people back after these events.”