"It's more social, you can hang out, no one is going to yell at you for talking with your friends," Jungden said. Jungden said that another draw of drive-in theaters is that they offer a laid back experience. We do go back to classics every once and a while if we have a spot we need to fill, but in general it our client base really seems to love the newer releases," Mansfield Drive-In Theater General Manager Naomi Jungden said. "It does keep us a little more unique because a lot of the other drive-ins stick to the classics. The theater has been open since 1954 and has three screens.
This year, its showing "Guardians of the Galaxy: Volume 3" and The Super Maris Bros," among others. Mansfield Drive-In Theater and Marketplace, the only other drive-in currently open, focuses on newer releases. "It's quite a venture, there is this dedicated group of us on this committee who go every weekend and instruct the other volunteers what to do, work with the crowds and sell tickets and popcorn and all that good stuff." At the end of the season, we distribute all of the proceeds evenly among the host groups," Miceli said. "I think you would be hard-pressed to find something like ours nationwide. While the theater originally closed in 2002, the town purchased its land and local volunteers created a committee that was able to resurrect the theater in 2010. Miceli said the non-profit theater also uses a mix of old and new films because studio licensing fees for permanent high-resolution screens can be "exorbitant." The theater has been operated by volunteer groups from civic and non-profit organizations like Bread for Life and United Way. We call it 'reel nostalgia,'" Miceli said, adding that guests treat it like a tailgating event and even set tables with decorations. "Even if they themselves never attended a drive-in when they were young, just introducing this kind of experience to their children.
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