""the light bulb went off," McClanahan said."
""Why are we spending so much time trying to build one when there's one literally down the road from our house that's for sale and is like the most important drive-in?""
A couple purchased Shankweiler's Drive-In Theatre, Pennsylvania's first drive-in and the nation's second when it opened in 1934, after deciding to preserve an endangered historic venue. They began dating after meeting at a different drive-in in 2018, later getting engaged and pooling savings to buy Shankweiler's in 2022 with a $1 million loan. The couple explored drive-ins on a cross-country trip and shifted plans from opening a new theater to saving an existing one. Drive-in numbers peaked in the 1950s and declined to 283 by 2024. One partner left a corporate healthcare job to run the business.
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