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Anyone want to buy a drive-in movie theater?
Posted on 10/9/21 at 1:25 am
Posted on 10/9/21 at 1:25 am
AL.com
I’ve always desired to do like Quentin Tarantino and buy a movie screening venue and showcase classic movies.
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After 38 years, Ralph Freehaus is ready to roll credits on his career in the movie theater business. “I think it’s time for me to retire and let the internet experts take over for me,” says Freehaus, who owns Cinemagic Theatre in Athens. He tells AL.com he put Cinemagic up for sale about a week ago. The Cinemagic parcel is about four acres. It includes a single drive-in screen with drive-in capacity for around 80 automobiles, as well as an indoor theater with five screens, 722 seats and roof-mounted solar panels that provide about 25 percent of the theater’s electricity. The asking price is $1. 75 million.
I’ve always desired to do like Quentin Tarantino and buy a movie screening venue and showcase classic movies.
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Posted on 10/9/21 at 1:31 am to UndercoverBryologist
why?
I could watch the movie at home.
I could watch the movie at home.
Posted on 10/9/21 at 1:33 am to UndercoverBryologist
I feel like we have the tech to do drive-ins even better now with wi-fi/bluetooth whatever. Don't have to install speakers in parking lots, just have people connect to the audio with a passcode that comes with the ticket purchase or something. And the patrons can get the BJ during the movies like the good old days without the movie theatre judging you.
Posted on 10/9/21 at 1:49 am to WaterLink
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And the patrons can get the BJ during the movies like the good old days without the movie theatre judging you.
Or you could sneak in your cheap friends by stuffing them in the trunk.
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feel like we have the tech to do drive-ins even better now with wi-fi/bluetooth whatever. Don't have to install speakers in parking lots, just have people connect to the audio with a passcode that comes with the ticket purchase or something.
Bluetooth only goes a few feet effectively. Also, processing delays could render some vehicles having out of sync audio. I can’t even listen to YouTube from my iPhone in perfect sync.
Small FM transmitters on the other hand work great for Drive In Movie Theatres and in some places use this in addition to the speaker on the window..
Posted on 10/9/21 at 2:10 am to Tarps99
Nothing like smuggling 5 kids in the trunk to watch a Disney Movie and one hour later catching 5 kids watching sex on the other screen at the drive-in 
Posted on 10/9/21 at 5:55 am to Tarps99
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Small FM transmitters on the other hand work great for Drive In Movie Theatres and in some places use this in addition to the speaker on the window..
There is a drive in theater in a little town Monetta SC called The Big MO that does this. They have a particular frequency you dial to and listen through your radio. It's pretty cool when the weather is nice
This post was edited on 10/9/21 at 5:58 am
Posted on 10/9/21 at 6:21 am to Tarps99
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Or you could sneak in your cheap friends by stuffing them in the trunk.
My mom was so opposed to this I could have gotten away with shoplifting easier. It was a cardinal rule at our house.
Posted on 10/9/21 at 6:41 am to UndercoverBryologist
Unlike the old days, everything about drive in movie theaters would be because of......
Can you imagine the shootings? Trash on the ground? Cars parked in two spaces. etc etc etc
no thanks.
Cheech & Chong- Drive In Theater
Can you imagine the shootings? Trash on the ground? Cars parked in two spaces. etc etc etc
no thanks.
Cheech & Chong- Drive In Theater
This post was edited on 10/9/21 at 6:44 am
Posted on 10/9/21 at 7:43 am to UndercoverBryologist
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I’ve always desired to do like Quentin Tarantino and buy a movie screening venue and showcase classic movies.
Same here. Been wanting to do it in BR for a few years. Never in Alabama. Looking for a good mid city venue.
Posted on 10/9/21 at 9:15 am to Spacebaw
The future of “movies” will look more like float tanks where you can get an immersive experience. In reality, it’ll just smell like biscuit mix and bad fish.
Posted on 10/9/21 at 9:18 am to UndercoverBryologist
He would make more money bulldozing it down, and
selling lots for new homes Athens area is booming
in new homes.
selling lots for new homes Athens area is booming
in new homes.
Posted on 10/9/21 at 9:21 am to Shanegolang
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Can you imagine the shootings? Trash on the ground? Cars parked in two spaces. etc etc etc
I'm thinking of the people killing each other with CO because they refuse to turn off their cars. Can't live without that A/C.
Posted on 10/9/21 at 9:24 am to fightin tigers
I was actually thinking about it when it said Athens. But no when I saw it wasn’t Georgia
Posted on 10/9/21 at 9:42 am to UndercoverBryologist
That's a tiny arse screen...
You'd need to bring some binoculars..
You'd need to bring some binoculars..
Posted on 10/9/21 at 10:06 am to UndercoverBryologist
I've lived in Athens 25 years of my life and had no idea it existed. It's 7.2 miles from my house.
Posted on 10/9/21 at 10:11 am to Tarps99
What about running down the car battery?
Posted on 10/9/21 at 10:26 am to WaterLink
Thats what they have at the one in midland texas. Or it may go through a fm transmitter. Cant remember. But I watched a few movies in 2017 from my truck on the lease road next to it.
Posted on 10/9/21 at 10:31 am to WaterLink
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feel like we have the tech to do drive-ins even better now with wi-fi/bluetooth whatever. Don't have to install speakers in parking lots, just have people connect to the audio with a passcode that comes with the ticket purchase or something. And the patrons can get the BJ during the movies like the good old days without the movie theatre judging you.
They just built a drive in theatre in Cleveland ms that does this
Posted on 10/9/21 at 2:33 pm to UndercoverBryologist
That would be rad to show grindhouse and other cult films. I've toyed with the idea of opening a small, single-screen theater. I think the key is introducing a new social element to the experience because, as others have mentioned, they could simply just watch at home.
Posted on 10/9/21 at 3:54 pm to shutterspeed
If you show the right movies, the people who come will be well behaved, If you show trashy movies, expect the worst.
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