New Year’s Resolution: News

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Happy New Year, everybody! I just wanted to let everyone know that my goal for 2026 is to post drive-in news about as soon as I get it. To make my work easier, I’m going to forgo photos and other graphics unless I really get inspired. I’ll link to the sources; you can usually find pictures there.

I’m also embarassed to say that I’ve got a huge pile of news that piled up last year. I plan to work backwards through the pile, posting the news with the date that I received it. That way, anyone searching for old news about a particular place ought to be able to find it. And here we go…

Wind smashes old building at 99W

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According to Oregon Live, a wind storm last week knocked down part of a building at Newburg OR’s 99W Drive-in. The good news, if you can call it that, is that the building was an indoor theater that had been closed for 10 years.

The drive-in launched a GoFundMe page with the hope of raising money to demolish and clean up the damaged structure, which is connected to the drive-in’s concession stand. As of the article’s publication, it had raised about $3600.

Teens-Only Drive-In Comes to Arizona

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This story’s a bit of an edge case, a little weird. The town of Queen Creek AZ, a bit southeast of Phoenix, is holding a drive-in theater on Dec. 20, as reported by the Queen Creek Independent. The venue is the town’s Frontier Family Park, which is so new that it’s a vacant lot on Google Maps.

The free movie is “Elf,” so that’s not the weird part. The event is sponsored by the mayor’s Teen Advisory Committee, and it’s open only to teenagers – folks 13-19 years of age. There’s lawn seating, but there are also a few sports to park and view the movie, so at least it qualifies as a pop-up drive-in. With a strict age limit.