I’m not sure why two local stations decided to run stories about their year-round drive-in theater less than a week apart. But it’s always nice to celebrate any open drive-in, especially the only one that’s left in the entire state of Arizona.

Anyway, that means you get to see plenty of Travis Brown, the general manager of the Glendale 9 Drive-In along with plenty of lovely twilight shots from ABC15, Phoenix’s News Leader. And if you want a parallel dose of Brown after dark, check out the video published five days later by Fox10, Phoenix’s News Leader.

I was especially drawn to this story because the Glendale 9 was the starting point of a too-short drive-in road trip that I took 12 years ago. Back then, I described it as Drive-In Heaven, and that title probably still applies. The folks there were so nice to me, and the facility is so perfect for watching movies from your car. Then again, I haven’t tried watching a movie there during the amazing (not in a good way) central Arizona summers, which might make the experience feel a bit less like heaven.

So check out the videos for a glimpse of what I saw. If you ever get to try a July or August night at the Glendale 9, please let me know how it went.