![]() ![]() Please like and follow all of the official Authentic Drive-ins social media pages on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. To keep up with these events, like and follow all of the Authentic Drive ins on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and InstagramĪuthentic Drive-ins will announce special events all throughout 2023 to celebrate their 90th birthday. The 90th anniversary celebration will continue through 2023, as Autentic Drive-ins will host special events. You can read more about it in the article we published last month. The 2023 World Drive-In Movie Festival & Jamboree will take place at the West Wind Drive-In in Las Vegas from October 6 – 8. It reopened in 2010, but closed in Apr 2019. Add Theater to Favorites Opened as a twin-screen in 1966. ![]() Check the Journal Entries page for more information. Show-times, links to purchase tickets and drive-in theatre news can be accessed by visiting their website. 907 South Kellogg Avenue Goleta, CA 93117 This theater is marked as inactive in our records. In other news, the United Drive-in Theatre Owners Association has created a new website that will assist movie-goers in finding an outdoor theatre nearby. ![]() As Darcy and I always say on our weekly show: “The drive-in will never die!” Though the technology is much improved, there is still something special about watching a film outdoors from the safety of your own vehicle.ĭrive-ins have changed a lot since 1933 – many of them now show first-run blockbusters to huge summer crowds – but each new generation has discovered something to love about the ultimate American movie-going experience. Though the popularity of the drive-in waned over time, COVID brought them back into the forefront, and now, on their 90th birthday, drive-in theatres are thriving. Once there, Daddy would back the car into a parking spot, open up the tail gate, and let us kids lay on blankets in the back as we watched whatever movie was showing. I know I have my own fond memories of my parents putting pajamas on my sister, brother and me, loading us up in the station wagon and driving to the Crest Drive-In in Fruitland Park, Florida. Twenty years later, there were over 4,000 outdoor movie theatres in the United States. Richard Hollingshead opened the very first drive-in theatre in Camden, New Jersey on June 6, 1933. If you're looking for a socially distanced night out, we've rounded up the best drive-in theaters, by state.Did you know that today is the 90th anniversary of the drive-in theatre? That’s right, one of America’s most beloved institutions celebrates 90 years today. However, other drive-ins have remained untouched by time, with the exception of a few minor technological updates. Over the years, some of these retro establishments have closed down, renovated, and then reopened decades later with a new modern feel. With the exception of Louisiana and North Dakota, you can still catch a movie under the stars from the comfort of your own car almost anywhere in the country. The United Drive-In Theatre Owner's Association reports that there are still 305 drive-in theaters currently operating in the United States. In fact, due to social distancing guidelines, drive-in movie theaters are making a huge comeback across the country as many indoor theaters remain closed or have minimized their operations due to COVID-19. While today's definition of catching a movie typically involves hitting up the local AMC and cozying up in a fancy leather reclining chair, drive-in theaters haven't been taken off the map just yet. Then add a bucket of buttery popcorn, Red vines, and some corn dogs and America was hooked. The promise of a night out that offered entertainment, in a public yet still somewhat private setting for just a few bucks, drew folks in. Suddenly these late night hangouts started popping up across the country-with many still in operation today. Although the first drive-in movie theater was established in New Jersey in the 1930s, the phenomenon of drive-ins didn't catch on until the 1950s and '60s. ![]()
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