Boyce Duprey
Kings Drive In Movie Theatre
When it closed for the 2012/2013 winter season, the drive in never reopened for the 2013 summer.
The owner Geraldine Graff whose family operated the drive in since the 1970's, could no longer afford running costs. This was one of the last drive-in theaters to be operated in the San Joaquin Valley, and had been in Kings County since World War II.
With falling revenue, the cost of updating old equipment to show modern digital movies and the burden of constant vandalism finally closed the drive in's gates.
Kings Drive In Movie Theatre
When it closed for the 2012/2013 winter season, the drive in never reopened for the 2013 summer.
The owner Geraldine Graff whose family operated the drive in since the 1970's, could no longer afford running costs. This was one of the last drive-in theaters to be operated in the San Joaquin Valley, and had been in Kings County since World War II.
With falling revenue, the cost of updating old equipment to show modern digital movies and the burden of constant vandalism finally closed the drive in's gates.