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Sept. 4, 2002

A couple of weeks ago, NPR ran another story noting that the drive-ins that still exist are thriving. And so does this article from the Christian Science Monitor.

Case in point: The Kansas City Star reports that two men plan to build a new drive-in theater in Elwood, Kansas, across the river from St. Joseph, Missouri.

July 18, 2002

The Kansas City Star's site ran this Associated Press article suggesting that the drive-in business is "regaining some momentum."

June 28, 2002

A note from Diana DeGette, U.S. House of Representatives, pointed out that Carload was named Best Drive-In Movie Web Site by Westword. Thanks!

June 25, 2002

What to do on summer nights? The Fort Wayne (IN) News-Sentinel suggests going to an area drive-in, among other things.

June 20, 2002

A newspaper in Lawrence, KS ran a story about Kansas City's Boulevard Drive-In, which is still going strong after 52 years. Your humble webmaster saw Brewster's Millions there, so that should give you a hint about how long I've enjoyed drive-ins.

The Boston Globe reports that a Massachusetts drive-in that had closed in a sale to Home Depot has reopened since the deal fell through.

The Nashville Tennessean describes the difficulties of a would-be drive-in builder in finding a receptive community. And a newspaper in Pottsville, PA vividly relates the arguments that neighbors make about drive-ins as another developer seeks to reopen a site.

June 9, 2002

Rummaging around the National Public Radio site, I found a 2000 interview with the owner of "the first new drive-in in 25 years," the Skyview in Weston, Wisconsin. And in another segment from the same show, NPR's Bob Mondello remembers what it was like promoting drive-in theaters.

A man called "the king of the drive-in horror movie," Herman Cohen, passed away on June 2 in Los Angeles. He was best known for "I Was A Teenage Werewolf."

June 6, 2002

Today in History: Richard Hollingshead opened the first drive-in theater, in Camden, N.J.

May 30, 2002

When Richard Hollingshead invented the drive-in, he used central loudspeakers to deliver the sound to the cars. It's probably close to what it looked like at this impromptu "drive-in" theater in Afghanistan.

May 21, 2002

Okay, it's not really fresh news, but I stumbled on a very nice article about the 50th year of the Mesa Drive-In last summer.

April 29, 2002

The Durango Herald's Action Line ran a question and answer about historic preservation status for the Rocket Drive-In. The Rocket's assistant manager said the property's for sale, and there has been no consideration of seeking preservation status.

News from 2001

Aug. 1, 2001

The Salt Lake Tribune reports that the 54-year-old Pioneer Twin Drive-In in Provo, Utah, will soon be sold and razed for a housing development.

July 24, 2001

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports on the last drive-in theater in Milwaukee, still going strong but up for sale.

June 12, 2001

Here's an upbeat article about a refurbished, family-owned drive-in theater in Shelbyville, Ind.

May 31, 2001

Another drive-in theater is on its way out, according to a short note in the Detroit News. If you want to see the "legendary Getty 4 Drive-In Theater" in Muskegon County, Michigan, this is the year.

What the best movie theater of any kind anywhere in the USA? According to the editors at MSN's Citysearch, it's the Memphis Triple Drive-In in Cleveland, OH. It features ushers on bicycles!

May 24, 2001

As Joe Bob Briggs would say, Victory Over Communism! This article describes the recent addition of a drive-in theater to mainland China.

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Sept. 14, 2000

First, the bad news. An Ohio drive-in, on the market for two years because "business is slow" (?) is apparently sold to become a concrete plant and other such industrial uses.

But for the most part, drive-ins across the country are still doing just fine. Read this report in the Seattle paper or a reworking of it at the Fox News site. And here's a nice story about someone else who spends a lot of time maintaining a drive-in web site.

Aug. 31, 2000

A sad story from Florida, here's the article and an editorial about the closing of a drive-in there.

Aug. 5, 2000

Learn about our neighbors to the northeast as the Lincoln, Neb., Journal-Star profiles "one of the last three" drive-ins in the state.

July 20, 2000

BoxOffice Magazine online concludes its series on drive-in theaters with an article about the Star Drive-In in Montrose. And down in the guts of the article, it even mentions your humble webmasters and Carload.com!

Plus, there are three more articles this week, one from the Washington Post, one from the Oregonian, and a note from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

July 13, 2000

BoxOffice Magazine online continues its series on drive-in theaters. The second installment deals with a family theater in South Dakota.

July 6, 2000

The Fort Collins Coloradoan had a feature story about folks who visited the Holiday Twin earlier this year. The Coloradoan apparently doesn't store its stories online, but it gave me permission to keep it alive here.

June 13, 2000

Mike Ritchey of the Denver Post wrote a great column on three of Colorado's drive-ins. Also, I've added a link in the Special Stuff page for visitors to get $5 and help me pay the bills at the same time.

In a survey co-sponsored by MTV and Entertainment Weekly, 15-24 year-old "movie trendsetters" indicate that 90% would go to a drive-in movie given the opportunity. (The original link is dead, but try this page and search for "MTV Teams Up" for an apparent copy of the original article.) Grab these numbers to show investors if you're interested in starting or expanding a drive-in. As the sold-out audiences (at least here in Denver) prove, the demand is there.

May 30, 2000

The New York Post ran a nice article on the Poughkeepsie, NY, drive-in theater and the state of drive-ins in general.

May 24, 2000

The Pueblo Chieftain wrote a fine article on the grand opening of two new screens to the Mesa Drive-In. I'm glad to read that one of the new screens is from the dead drive-in in Estes Park, so at least it'll continue its useful life.

BoxOffice Magazine online has begun a series on drive-in theaters. The first installment focuses on a family that keeps drive-ins running in Georgia, California, Arizona and Utah.