Couple took out $1M loan to save America's oldest drive-in theater—now it brings in nearly $550K a year: ‘Who else was going to do it but us?’

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Couple took out $1M loan to save America's oldest drive-in theater—now it brings in nearly $550K a year: ‘Who else was going to do it but us?’

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When Matt McClanahan and Lauren McChesney found out that their local drive-in theater was in danger of being sold to developers, they knew they had to preserve the beloved neighborhood hub — and a crucial piece of film history.
Opened by Wilson Shankweiler on April 15, 1934,…

This story appeared on cnbc.com, 2025-08-16 13:50:01.