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Never been to one... the town I went to college in had one but in my four years there, I had never gone. >_>

I'm not one to support outdated/expired methods and technology though so can't say I care about the outcome of this project either way.

You suck. Drive-ins are great. Theaters came first so there more outdated then drive-ins.

Age and outdatedness are closely but not directly related.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/14/us/re ... d=all&_r=0
Stuff like this are what make drive-in theatres more outdated than their "older" counterparts.

The problem is the cost of the upgrades to digital projectors, not that the upgrades don't exist. Also not having them available in standard format. Drive-in owners run these places not only for the money but for nostalgia, which most younger generations do not get. I like watching movies on BIG screens, like theater or drive-ins. I do not like watching movies on my phone, tablet or any handheld device.

Yes they can upgrade their hardware to stay in business, but such upgrades are something a regular theatre can afford to and have already done on their own. Besides, the trend I linked to claim that drive-in's are outdated has nothing to do with what hardware they're using. The drive-in idea itself is a problem when people are less likely to be driving (and spending money on increasingly expensive gas) or even have a car. Not to mention other inherent weaknesses such as being dependent on weather.

Their demise sounds like nature working as intended.

Ba! There has been rain forever, when drive-ins were popular and not. I figure its like bell bottom paints, they were outdated to until I saw kids wearing them in the late 90's. Oops, they called them flair bottom, not bell bottom. Alto, the gas point you make is a good one. That kind of perpetuates it seeing the less drive-ins there are the longer the drive to get to them.