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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 877143" data-attributes="member: 14668"><p>They are truly an endangered species. The economics of running <em>any</em> theater, combined with the fact that drive-ins sit idle for up to half a year due to winter weather, means that owning one is a labor of love. In many cases, the land they sit on could be sold for the equivalent of 10 or 20 years of whatever profit they manage to generate.</p><p></p><p>We are lucky because our drive in has been in the same family for several generations and the current owner is a fanatic. There is also a small indoor theater adjacent to it that generates enough revenue to keep him going in the winter when the drive-in is closed. The town I live in is also very protective of the drive-in. Way back in the day, the drive-in was way out on the edge of town but it is now surrounded by commercial and retail development. Any new buildings in the area are required to submit a plan to either minimize or shut off their outdoor lighting during the summer so that "light pollution" does not affect the theater, otherwise the City Council will deny the building permit. The theater has also been allowed to avoid being annexed into the city limits, since annexation would raise its property taxes beyond what it could hope to pay. Rumour has it that most of the members of the current City Council were probably conceived in the back seats of cars at the drive in, which would explain their fiercely protective attitude towards it.<img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/FeltTip/happy-very.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":happy-very:" title="Happy Very :happy-very:" data-shortname=":happy-very:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soberups, post: 877143, member: 14668"] They are truly an endangered species. The economics of running [I]any[/I] theater, combined with the fact that drive-ins sit idle for up to half a year due to winter weather, means that owning one is a labor of love. In many cases, the land they sit on could be sold for the equivalent of 10 or 20 years of whatever profit they manage to generate. We are lucky because our drive in has been in the same family for several generations and the current owner is a fanatic. There is also a small indoor theater adjacent to it that generates enough revenue to keep him going in the winter when the drive-in is closed. The town I live in is also very protective of the drive-in. Way back in the day, the drive-in was way out on the edge of town but it is now surrounded by commercial and retail development. Any new buildings in the area are required to submit a plan to either minimize or shut off their outdoor lighting during the summer so that "light pollution" does not affect the theater, otherwise the City Council will deny the building permit. The theater has also been allowed to avoid being annexed into the city limits, since annexation would raise its property taxes beyond what it could hope to pay. Rumour has it that most of the members of the current City Council were probably conceived in the back seats of cars at the drive in, which would explain their fiercely protective attitude towards it.:happy-very: [/QUOTE]
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