Drive-in theater in the works

posted by Michael Zoldessy on April 22, 2008 at 10:45 am

CARMEL, CA — A temporary drive-in theater is being slated for Labor Day weekend.

Put down those portable DVD players, kids. Forget your On Demand, Dad. Fritz Renner is opening a drive-in theater near you.

The originator of Carmel’s Films in the Forest series at the Forest Theater, Renner has announced plans to use Hidden Valley — a performing arts institute just west of Carmel Valley Village — as a drive-in movie theater.

“We’re thinking that some people who have never experienced the drive-in would find this neat,” Renner said. “And for the older folks who grew up going to drive-ins, they could go for the nostalgic experience.”

Read more in the Monterey County Herald.