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Video: Fork Union to reopen after 15-year break

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Virginia’s Fork Union Drive-In, which first opened in 1953 and closed in 2011, plans to hold another grand opening on April 10. That’s according to a video (not the one posted above) from WCAV, Charlottesville’s News Leader.

By the way, I fibbed just a little. Although it opened as the Fork Union Drive-In, its rebirth will be as The Drive-In at Fork Union. (Grr. It’s taking a lot of concentration to not type “Fort Union,” the drive-in on the cover of my best-selling Drive-Ins of New Mexico.)

The opening and closing dates are from an article last year in the Fluvanna Review about the work to restore the drive-in. That article tells the story of the orignal owners’ daughters working with a local team, headed by Ron Unnerstall, to bring back the drive-in even better than its glory days. I’m looking forward to adding the Fork Union to the list of active drive-ins in a couple of months.

Video: Nevada’s Sage Crest continues to fascinate

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The Sage Crest Drive-In in Yerington NV has been closed since 1995, but it still attracts attention. The dry desert has preserved so much of the place, including most of the panels from its original screen.

KTVN, Reno’s News Leader, visited the old Sage Crest site a week ago for its Nevada Backroads segment. This YouTube video is a great way to see how well the drive-in is holding up despite 30 years of inactivity. Check it out!

Video: See the Beacon before it’s demolished

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Here’s a video to tack on to the sad story of the closing of Guthrie, Oklahoma’s Beacon Drive-In for no good reason. That YouTube video, not the closing, is courtesy of KOKH, Oklahoma City’s News Leader.

Program note: Drive-in news was getting so slow in mid-January that I thought I could take a couple of weeks off. I was wrong. I’ll be catching up on the news for the rest of this week.