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Originally Posted by The Reaper
That list isn't exactly up to date.
The Fort 1, 2, 3 Drive-in in Fayetteville closed in the early 80s.
ETA - There are a finite number of summer nights per year. 35mm films are pretty much obsolete in the US. I wonder why the theater owners don't just buy 100-200 classics, and rotate them among themselves. Most people are not at the drive-in for the movie, they are there for the exercise.
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More modernized drive ins no longer use 35mm film or even the speakers hanging in the window. Modern digital projectors as well as FM transmitters are helping to keep some drive ins alive. However, high population density areas do have some issues for the new systems. With a lot of radio stations limiting available frequencies as well as suits filed against some theaters that over ride FM modulators in cars (remote CD, sat radio etc) also contributing to limits on available frequencies, these theaters are having to set up in sparsely populated/small media market areas.
Combine all these issues with the decline in society (no more family nights out) the expenses of movies today, fuel prices and everything else, the drive in will die. Why pay $15 per ticket to go to a theater when you can PPV it for $5 and then TiVo the movie to keep. Unless it is a "mega movie" people just wait for it to come out on DVD to redbox it or PPV or just wait for it to hit HBO etc... It is truly sad that the former icon of the American movie experience is dying off, but it is happening.