ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A special theater named after a legacy hot air balloonist reopened just in time for Balloon Fiesta Saturday. The Anderson Theater, Maxie, Patty, and Family is fully renovated and features content you can only find there.

Every day until the end of Balloon Fiesta, the theater will play a movie from 9:00 a.m. until 3:15 p.m. They have three feature films around the history of ballooning competitions, profiles on balloonists who dedicated their lives to the sport, and one about a couple who fall in love at Balloon Fiesta.

"We are so happy today to be unveiling the renovated theater here at the AAIBM. We had to close our previous theater during COVID because of COVID restrictions and outdated technology. Now, here we are five years later, we have improved the theat

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