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About Drive-ins.com

About the Website

Drive-ins.com is a comprehensive and continuously updated website dedicated to drive-in movie theaters and their history.

The site features a searchable database of5083 drive-in movie theaters. The online archives contain28474 drive-in photos and thousands of media references. Additional features include industry resources for owners, as well as showtimes, events calendar, and an online store for enthusiasts.

To see more about Drive-ins.com, see our Vision Statement.

Brother-and-sister team Kipp Sherer and Jennifer Sherer Janisch also partake in drive-in road trips which they broadcast to website visitors.To learn more, seeAbout Us.

How Did Drive-ins.com Get Started

Kipp Sherer and Jennifer Sherer started researching drive-ins in 1995 when they decided the world needed more good drive-ins. The Drive-ins.com database was a repository for their research and grew into a place where drive-in fans could share information and memories.

Drive-ins.com Time Line

  • 1999 Drive-ins.com launched
  • 2000 Launched Ozoner Rewards
  • 2001 Ozoner Cards carried in 46 states
  • 2004 Drive-ins.com marks 1,000,000th website visitor
  • 2007-2008 Complete Drive-ins.com overhaul
  • 2014 New public editing capability and performance upgrades

What's Next for Drive-ins.com

Drive-ins.com plans to continue to up the ante by leveraging data storage and retrieval technology as well cutting edge communication strategies to preserve drive-in history and promote operating drive-ins in years to come. The Drive-ins.com website continues to evolve and change as people from all over the world contribute their photographs,memories, and knowledge about drive-ins. As the community of drive-in enthusiasts, owners, and goers continues to grow, so will Drive-ins.com.