movie theaters (Greenville, Greenwood, Beaufort: land, rating, drive-in)

[JFRRACING]

Originally Posted by davidmg1

Are there any decent drive-in theaters anymore?

They were a great American hang out back in the day. (I'm recalling the 70's era, I'm not that old).

aaahhh the 70's......were did they go ? i was thinking about buying a piece of land and putting one in with maybe 3 or 4 screens playing 2 movies each per night. i thought a nice drive-in playing some good movies might go over big down here since the weather is pretty nice at night . just have to put up some big o bug lights that's for sure.

[motonenterprises]

Originally Posted by JFRRACING

i am not aware of one in rockingham unless it's somewhere that it isn't real visable. we do alot of our shopping up there and neither me or dw have seen one. i would think there would drive in's all over the place since this would be the perfect place to have them because the weather is so nice at night and you could have it open almost year round. we were talking about opening one in the near future. my neighbor told me there used to be four of them in rockingham.

There was definitely one in Rockingham. Granted it may have closed. It was very narrow with a aisle down the middle and maybe 2 rows on each side. We joked about it being as small as a school bus. Now that was almost a decade ago, so maybe its gone.

[Skyliner]

Originally Posted by davidmg1

Are there any decent drive-in theaters anymore?

They were a great American hang out back in the day. (I'm recalling the 70's era, I'm not that old).

A classic drive-in movie theater was recently re-opened in Greenwood.

[waccamatt]

Originally Posted by Greenville

There are not 100 theaters in the Columbia area. There might be 100 screens (which still seems like a stretch), but no way are there 100 theaters.



The Regal Hollywood 20 is actually the highest grossing theater in the Carolinas (North and South Carolina).

I agree that there aren't as many theaters as you would expect these days. I think a lot of that has to do with the increased availability of pay-per-view movies at home, DVR, etc. Also, there are simply more entertainment options now than there used to be. People have a wider variety of interests, and access to a lot more.

100 screens is correct and it isn't a stretch at all:

Nickelodeon - 1 screen
Wynnsong - 10 screens
Regal Richland Mall - 7 screens
Dutch Square AMC - 14 screens
Carmike - 14 screens
Columbiana Grande - 14 screens
St Andrews Multi - 5 screens
Columbia Place - 8 screens
Village at Sandhill - 16 screens
Pasttime Pavilion - 8 screens

OK, I was a little off...97 screens.

[waccamatt]

Originally Posted by davidmg1

Are there any decent drive-in theaters anymore?

They were a great American hang out back in the day. (I'm recalling the 70's era, I'm not that old).

There are a few. I know there is a drive-in theater in Monetta, about 35 miles west of Columbia.

[davidmg1]

I was reading an article about a drive in in Ohio that is fighting a sports park next door about the parks lights washing out the movie screen. Anyway, they had this picture below, thought I share it with the drive-in movie lovers:

[JFRRACING]

ok that's good there are theaters in sc just not in our area. so maybe i could bring back the drive in back. we are used to going to a movie atleast a couple times a month. watching pay per view on my 42" flat screen is not the same as a nice theater.

[Greenville]

Originally Posted by waccamatt

100 screens is correct and it isn't a stretch at all:

Nickelodeon - 1 screen
Wynnsong - 10 screens
Regal Richland Mall - 7 screens
Dutch Square AMC - 14 screens
Carmike - 14 screens
Columbiana Grande - 14 screens
St Andrews Multi - 5 screens
Columbia Place - 8 screens
Village at Sandhill - 16 screens
Pasttime Pavilion - 8 screens

OK, I was a little off...97 screens.

You originally said that Columbia has 100 theaters, and I was sure you meant to say 100 screens instead. That's why I posted what I did.

Based on your post, Columbia has 10 theaters. It seems that Columbia residents have a wide variety of choices when it comes to movie theaters.

[waccamatt]

Originally Posted by Greenville

You originally said that Columbia has 100 theaters, and I was sure you meant to say 100 screens instead. That's why I posted what I did.

Based on your post, Columbia has 10 theaters. It seems that Columbia residents have a wide variety of choices when it comes to movie theaters.

Yeah, different semantics; I was referring to each screen as a theater. I think most people knew what I meant.

[davidmg1]

Originally Posted by JFRRACING

ok that's good there are theaters in sc just not in our area. so maybe i could bring back the drive in back. we are used to going to a movie atleast a couple times a month. watching pay per view on my 42" flat screen is not the same as a nice theater.

I agree. Some folks are lucky enough to have a customized home theater set up that would rival some theaters.

But for the rest of us, I love seeing a "blockbuster" type movie (lot's of action and sound like Star Trek) in a good theater.