It really just depends on where you're at. Here in IL, there's one I know of. When I lived in southern california a few years ago, they acutally have a few. one has three screens! it was pretty cool, there'd be 6 movies (2 on each screen), and you could drive to another screen if you didn't want to see the one you were at.
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I had at least 4 drive-ins most of my life. Only in the last 10 years have they closed two that I know of, one of which I absolutely adored. I don't get why they don't keep them open. Every time I went the place was packed with cars by the time the movie started. Two first-run movies (one after the other) for $20 a carload, or $7 each if per-person, most recently. It's now a large parking lot and one small office building. BOOO!
Between that and the avatar, I'm thinking we've all been having some wierd time travel conversation with someone back in the 50's!! Slim? What's the year in your town???
Well according to the date on my last post, it's 2011 here, but I do live in a home built in 1950, with mid-century furnishings, and we go on road trips in our 1966 Plymouth Fury, so you aren't too far off. It was a beautiful night at the drive-in tonight.
Our nearest drive-in movie theatre is 25 miles away, and then the next closest is a little over an hour's drive from where we live. That one only charges $2 per person for a double-feature of first run movies, and it still plays the old intermission trailers with the juggling popcorn and leaping hotdog. It's a beautiful sight. We go frequently during the season and even plan our road trips so we’ll be staying the night in towns with a drive-in.
A lot of people don't realize how close they live to a drive-in. If you are interested you can go to this link: Drive-ins.com - Drive-in Theater Database you can search by state or zip code for the “drive-in theatre nearest you”. I use the zip code search; be sure to click in the OPEN circle to only find the drive-ins currently in operation; in other words, the ones that have not closed for good (although they may be closed “for the season”). You can also look up ones that have closed by either searching for ALL, or just CLOSED ones. Each drive-in has its own page with contact information and they usually have a link to the theatre’s website. I use this site all the time.
Btw, if you go to one, be sure to visit the concession stand; that’s really the only way they make money to stay afloat. They hardly make any money from ticket sales because the movie studios take the majority of that. If we don’t want all the drive-ins to disappear, we have to go and support the concession stand. I love watching movies under the stars.
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Frick, it's sad for me when I see drive-ins closed and abandoned. Im not sure where you are in Ohio, but on our road trips we have been to at least the following 3 drive-ins in Ohio:
The Midway Twin in Ravenna; we were there before the original screen designed by Jack Vogel was damaged/lost due to a storm. Weve also been to the Blue Sky in Wadsworth, Ohio and the South Drive-In in Columbus, Ohio. Another fun fact, our home was manufactured in Columbus, Ohio.
Nice link slim, thanks! Nearest open to me is 98.5 mi and second is 147.0 mi. With gas being what it is I don't forsee any spontaneous trips, but I'll put them down for when traveling. Actually bookmarked that site in my phone for roadtrips, I could take a nap while the family catches a flick, win!
You live in Pleasnatville! (I KNEW there was a movie reference I couldn't quite remember last night!)
hahaaa love it!
Great for newbies..How do i find updates? go plow through the ignore thread, its in there somewhere....
good one. easy to figure out, instead of some fancy name..
just like with boyfriends!
Didnt even know it existed till it was gone.....The "go to first unread post" button isn't working.Makes it harder to ignore things when you don't know where you left off ignoring last time.
This threads going to fast....cant keep up..
The closest one to me is in North Ridgeville, about 35 miles away. I don't care for it much, though. Small screens and it tends to be massively over-run with unsupervised children. It's too long of a drive to put up with the aggravation.
I sure miss my nice, old-fashioned drive-in. It was huge, and had the old speakers that largely didn't work, but you could still hear announcements and music echoing from them before the movies started. My step-kids used to love when they'd say "the concession stand closes in 10 minutes", so they could run there and get one more thing to eat. Fun times.
I loved going to the Drive-in during college. According to the link there is a pretty decent one, with new movies each week, about 50 miles from here. Might be a fun trip. Thanks.
I thought I should place my "announcement" in this thread so that it could be properly ignored
As of today, I have been analog free for three months!!!
lol just wanted to see the "analog-free for 3 months" in my signature
Edit: Darn, it's off a day
As of today, I have been analog free for three months!!!
lol just wanted to see the "analog-free for 3 months" in my signature
Edit: Darn, it's off a day
Griffin works for the government? That explains a lot.
Congrats on your three months! A true milestone in the life of a smoker.
Congrats on your three months! A true milestone in the life of a smoker.
I thought I should place my "announcement" in this thread so that it could be properly ignored
As of today, I have been analog free for three months!!!
lol just wanted to see the "analog-free for 3 months" in my signature
Edit: Darn, it's off a day
Congratulations! Yesterday was 2 months for me.
Congrats CR!! a quarter of a year is a big milestone, good job! 
I thought I should place my "announcement" in this thread so that it could be properly ignored
As of today, I have been analog free for three months!!!
lol just wanted to see the "analog-free for 3 months" in my signature
Edit: Darn, it's off a day
And congrats to you too Newme! Did you think you'd make it this far so easily?
So many anniversaries to celebrate this month.
Did you think you'd make it this far so easily?So many anniversaries to celebrate this month.
And congrats to you too Newme!
So many anniversaries to celebrate this month.
I'm still pinching myself. LOL! I can't believe how easy it's been.
Thanks!
Well, heeeellllloooo Rachel Newme! Can I pinch you as well or would that be crossing the proverbial line? I'll keep it above the waistline and below...well, the other line.
Well congrats to Newme and CR...
More good news to ignore....
Keep on vaping guys.
More good news to ignore....
Keep on vaping guys.
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