Article Image

IPFS News Link • Entertainment: Movies

Just the ticket! Drive-in movie theaters are rebooting for a new generation as people can enjoy...

• https://www.dailymail.co, By ASSOCIATED PRESS

The drive-in theater, long a dwindling nostalgia act in a multiplex world, is experiencing a momentary return to prominence.

With nearly all of the nation´s movie theaters shuttered due to the coronavirus pandemic, some drive-in owners think they're in a unique position to give moviegoers a chance to do something out of the house while keeping distance from others. This weekend, some drive-ins aren't the only show in town. They're the only show in the country.

The Showboat Drive-In Theater in Hockley, Texas, about a 30-minute drive outside Houston, normally sees ticket sales go down about 40 percent on a weekend when they don't have any new movies. Last weekend, they saw a 40 percent increase, says the theater's owner, Andrew Thomas. Usually open weekends, Thomas has kept screenings going through the week.

'Obviously this isn't the way you'd want it to occur, but I'm excited for the idea that there may be a new generation of people that will get to experience going to a drive-in theater and - I was going to say catch the bug,' said Thomas, laughing. 'Maybe some other turn of phrase.'


Home Grown Food