Here are a couple more notes that support what, thankfully, looks like a growing trend. The Lehigh Valley (PA) Morning Call ran a happy note about Shankweiler’s in Orefield and Becky’s in Berlinsville, which have both switched to digital projection. Not only is Shankweiler’s indisputably the oldest active drive-in, it appears to … Continue reading
Category Archives: Michigan
US-23 open for 2013 season, will convert to digital
MLive.com reported recently that the US-23 Drive-In (Flint MI) reopened for another season last Friday. General manager Johny Thomas says that the US-23 will be fully converted to digital projection on its three screens by the first of July, and according to MLive, Thomas has a novel method of paying … Continue reading
SW Michigan drive-ins face digital conversion costs
The MLive Media Group, which includes a bunch of newspapers in Michigan, published a set of stories over the weekend about the state of southwest Michigan drive-ins. Glenda and Neal Edwards own two of them, the 5 Mile of Dowagiac and the Sunset in Hartford, and they’re hoping to get … Continue reading
US 23 had fun, eventful summer
There are too many details and quotes and neat stuff about the US 23 Drive-In (Flint MI) from this Flint Journal article for me to summarize, so you ought to go read it. The 23′s general manager said the biggest draw of the summer was Ice Age 4, partly because … Continue reading