At their peak in the late 1950s, the United States had more than 4,000 drive-in theaters, built around rising car ownership and suburban growth. By 2019, only about 350 were still operating. Rising ...
Just outside of Phoenix stands a gem from the past: the last drive-in movie theater in Arizona. Although it opened in 1979, the family-owned West Wind Drive-In in the vibrant, artsy city of Glendale ...
The drive-in wasn't just a movie — it was an entire American ritual.