A drive-in-movie theater is a large outdoor movie screen with a large parking lot for automobiles. Customers park in the lot and watch movies on the large screen from the comfort of their own car. This is nice because you can bring your snacks, cozy blankets and ever your dog. Usually the enclosed area will have several different screens, each playing a different double feature for the evening. Most drive-ins have a concession stand where you can purchase drinks, popcorn, hotdogs, candy and even pizza. While watching the movie, the sound comes from broadcasting of the soundtrack that is picked up by a car radio.
The first drive-in was opened on April 23, 1915 as the Theatre de Guadalupe in Las Cruces, New Mexico. They showed the movie Bags of Gold to seven hundred people that evening. On May 16, 1933 Richard M. Hollingshead was given a U.S. Patent for the drive-in theater. He opened his first drive-in in New Jersey on June 6, 1933. It wasn’t until shortly after that word got around and drive-ins started opening all over the country. The height of the drive-ins popularity was in the late 1950’s and early 1960’s with over four thousand across the nation. The decline of the drive-in began in the 1970’s as a result of competition from the home entertainment industry. It continued to decline in the 1980’s as a result of high real estate prices making it harder to run a profit. Today there are around three hundred drive-in-theaters left in the United States.
Jeffrey Pell is an IT professional, a movie lover, and a resident of Allentown, Pennsylvania.
The first drive-in was opened on April 23, 1915 as the Theatre de Guadalupe in Las Cruces, New Mexico. They showed the movie Bags of Gold to seven hundred people that evening. On May 16, 1933 Richard M. Hollingshead was given a U.S. Patent for the drive-in theater. He opened his first drive-in in New Jersey on June 6, 1933. It wasn’t until shortly after that word got around and drive-ins started opening all over the country. The height of the drive-ins popularity was in the late 1950’s and early 1960’s with over four thousand across the nation. The decline of the drive-in began in the 1970’s as a result of competition from the home entertainment industry. It continued to decline in the 1980’s as a result of high real estate prices making it harder to run a profit. Today there are around three hundred drive-in-theaters left in the United States.
Jeffrey Pell is an IT professional, a movie lover, and a resident of Allentown, Pennsylvania.