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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 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 9:18 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 9:42 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 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.
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