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Drive-in theater plan cruises
posted by
Michael Zoldessy
on
September 14, 2006 at 7:32 am
WAPELLO, IA — Plans are being executed for a new drive-in, north of Grandview, Iowa.
Property owners Greg and Shilah Lindle are the parents of Kelly Daniels. The Daniels are proposing to use about 5 of the 15 acres to construct an outdoor drive-in movie theater called Cruise-in Drive-in with enough space for up to 300 vehicles. They requested a 15-acre rezoning to avoid claims of spot zoning, which is illegal.
Bob Simmering of HWS Engineering of Muscatine said plans call for a 50- by 35-foot screen on the west end with an entrance on the east end of the 5-acre location. Near the center would be a concession stand/projection booth/arcade, Simmering said. There would be a 1,500-gallon sewage system.
For more, read the Muscatine Journal.
Comments (2)
A friend of mine with much more technical expertise saw this and noted:
His proposed screen size of 35 ft. by 50 ft. is a bit small for a 300-car drive-in, and the ratio of the screen, at 1.47 to 1, is unsuitable for today’s movies. A 35 ft. by 70 ft. screen, with a ratio of 2.0 to 1, would be better. Perhaps someone will advise him on this before construction gets started.
It didn’t say the picture area of the screen, just the size of the structure.
The picture size for that size of a drive-in should be 40 feet by 94 feet.