Drive-ins roared into L.A. County, but only one remains

I met my first wife there! She was on a date with a friend of mine when we were introduced. She was 15, I was 16.

I actually have my own 16ftX9ft inflatable movie screen and a high def projector. I incorporated a great surround sound system and show movies at a campground parking lot here where I live. We have upwards of a hundred people show up for the movies.
A few yrs ago, we had another couple put together a nice concession trailer selling hotdogs, popcorn, soft drinks, candy, and those little glo in the dark necklaces for the kiddoes.

I'd be showing movies now, but it's just too damned hot. We do a movie about one weekend a month. And the good part......it's free admission for everyone! EVeryone drives their golf carts (we are a gated golf community) and lines up just like in the real outdoor theaters. It's a first for a lot of youngsters, and the older folks like the nostalgic feel.

I live in Orange county frickin' Vermont and we have two (or maybe one and one close by). Of course cell service is spotty as is high speed internet.
Crow

Haven't been in at least 15 years.

used to be the Saturday night thing you did.

But now movies suck, are too expensive and making out/getting down in a car doesn't hold as much attraction as it did then.

That's one of the tragedies with jacked up land values. Not only drive-ins but miniature golf, tennis, anything that requires space becomes too valuable to use in that way, all the good stuff gets gobbled up. When I was a kid there were 5 around me (San Fernando Valley.)

They do have a lot of outdoor movies though, I love the "Hollywood Forever" films at the cemetery - often they play films of people who are burried there

Our heritage has gone down the drain.

We're talking disappearing American icons here... one a victim of change, the other a symptom of decline.

Welcome to DU.

I work at a drive-in in central Kentucky. This one was opened in June of 1949, and has been a continuously operating since then. We have two screens and had a near sell out last night. I love working there. So many people come in and tell me their parents used to bring them there as kids. And yes we have great popcorn...lol