Monroe Street Drive-In Powered By Emagine will feature a 60x32 ft digital projection screen on the site of the future Monroe Blocks development at 32 Monroe Street, Detroit, MI 48226.Īll showtimes and programming will be managed by Emagine Entertainment and the site will include parking for up to 65 vehicles including outdoor seating, pedestrian paths, concession pavilions and lighting, and warming areas. At its peak in the early 1900s, six movie theaters called Monroe Street home - including the National Theatre, whose 1911 era façade still stands.Īdditionally, for one night each month Bedrock will work with local schools, community and neighborhood groups to ensure that they will be able to enjoy a family-friendly screening free-of-charge. The theater is not only situated in the heart of downtown, but sits on the historic Monroe Block, which was home to Detroit’s first theater district. Initially, Bedrock has reserved Januas a complimentary special pre-screening for local Detroiters at the Monroe Street Drive-In. The theater will enforce all of the latest COVID-19 health and safety regulations, including social distancing and mask wearing guidelines while guests are outside of their vehicles.īedrock says it’s working to make sure Detroiters get to enjoy it. There will also be warming areas, plantings and public restroom trailers. The drive-in experience will feature amenities including interactive lighting, leading AV technology and a modular concessions pavilion serving traditional movie theater concessions. Monroe Street Drive-In will operate in partnership with Emagine Entertainment, with showtimes every Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday at 7 pm, starting Jan. So while you can read all about our adventures about our Retro Roadmap visits to Drive Ins, do yourself a favor and get on Drive-Ins.DETROIT – A new drive-in movie theater experience is coming to Downtown Detroit.īedrock and Emagine have partnered for the Monroe Street Drive-In Powered by Emagine, which will offer drive-in films for $20 per vehicle starting this month.īeginning with an opening night screening of the 1993 classic Jurassic Park on Januthe state-of-the-art outdoor screen will show family-friendly feature films, right next to Campus Martius Park and downtown’s Woodward shopping district. I’m sure is being deluged with hits today, but don’t let that stop you from using it to find out how close you are to a Drive In movie theatre, and then going there! Already there are a couplea states with no Drive Ins at all (boo, Delaware) and New Jersey – the birthplace of the Drive In – only has ONE! ( The Delsea Drive in in Vineland) – s o do your part to make sure your local area Drive In sticks around (and isn’t replaced by a CVS, like the Hi-Way DI) So Glad we were in the privacy of the Retro Roadmobile!) (We saw the last Toy Story movie here, and I totally was bawling like a baby at the end. While I personally want every single drive-in movie theatre in the country to be listed on Retro Roadmap, we’ve only been to a couple of ’em – even the 2nd oldest Drive In Movie Theatre in The Country – Shankeweiler’s in Orefield PA just up the street from us. (Road trip! Can I get a Kickstarter going so I can visit every Drive In in Pennsylvania -)?) Tucson, AZ 85714 The Apache Drive-n theater had remained lit for 39 years before it was closed in 1994, and so joined 6 other drive-ins that had once flourished in the.more about Apache Drive-in. It was closed in 2011 and demolished around 2014. We invite you to join us on this exciting journey and assist us in preserving the Penn Theatre by becoming. The Scottsdale Drive-in movie theater opened in 1977 and was enormous with 6 screens. Like I totally just found out that there are still 30 Drive Ins in the state of PA alone. We rely on support from our community to provide quality entertainment at an affordable price, offer free educational field trips to our local schools, host community events, and keep this irreplaceable historic structure in tip-top shape. Their handy database search function to make it easy peasy to find out where there’s a drive in near you! When they say they’re the definitive source for Drive In information, they’re not kidding. Now that you’re inspired to go to the drive-in this weekend, you’re probably wondering where the closest one to you is? Well I hope that someday Retro Roadmap will be the place you can check that out, but for now I’ll give you a tip: If you haven’t…”Let Me Google That For You” □ If you’ve used Google today you probably have seen their Google Doodle video homage to the Drive In movie theatre, which was “invented” 79 years ago today, in New Jersey.
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