The Admiral Twin (Tulsa OK) is concluding its season this weekend. One of the owners said that 2012 has been one of this drive-in’s best years.

On its site, KJRH describes the end of the season and includes the opening-day video embedded above. The Tulsa World also wrote about the end of the Admiral Twin’s season. The nice part about the story is that the Admiral Twin rose from the ashes of a fire that destroyed its screen in September 2010. The community raised over $30,000 to help rebuild, and it reopened this June. Sounds like it might be around for awhile.

The Chickasha (OK) Express Star ran an article today about the local Chief Drive-In and “its biggest event of the year.” The occasion is the premiere of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2, which as a movie title is getting pretty complicated.

While the indoor theaters in the region are sold out of advance tickets, the Chief’s owners sell first come, first served. I hope they’ve got some room for the cars to line up before the gates open. Or if they’re really smart, they’ll open the gates early and keep those young viewers onsite for another hour or two of concession stand purchasing time.

There were a couple of things I really liked about the short article. One is the recognition that a drive-in theater makes almost all of its money from concession stand sales, not admission tickets. And the other is a quote from a moviegoer: “I love going to Twilight premieres at the drive-in because my friends and I can talk about the movie and be ridiculous and no one cares.” Apply that to other movies, and that sounds like me.

Now here’s some good news! The Admiral Twin Drive-In (Tulsa OK) reopened this June after a fire destroyed its wooden screen in September 2010. (I love its motto: This time we’re going to build it out of steel, cause we ain’t gonna do this fire crap again!)

According to the Tulsa World, business has been solid since it reopened, and the Admiral Twin is extending its season this year until Halloween “if people keep coming out and the weather’s not bad.” Be sure to click through even if it’s just to see Michael Wyke’s great photo of the drive-in at twilight.

Update: Archive.org has a 15-second news clip of the fire here.