COMMERCE CITY, Colo. — The only drive-in movie theater in the Denver metro area plans to open for another season.
The 88 Drive-In Theatre announced on social media its plan to open in May.
Last year, the Commerce City drive-in theater announced it was closing after a decades-long run.
The family who owned the 88 Drive-In Theatre at 8780 Rosemary Street said last summer that they had put the property up for sale and it was under contract to a new owner.
It's unclear when the drive-in's final shows will be. No further information or showtimes have been posted on the theater's website for the 2024 summer season.
The new owners of the property, First Industrial Realty Trust, submitted a proposal to rezone it to "light-intensity industrial" in order to accommodate a 80,500-square-foot multi-tenant warehouse building. Commerce City Council had been considering a request to rezone the property to accommodate a warehouse.
"We feel the land is at its highest and best use for the community in the re-development plan the buyer has created," the 88 Drive-In owners said in a statement last year. "We have enjoyed serving Commerce City, and the entire Denver-Metro area."
"While the family has made some of their best memories here, and has raised four generations on the property, we feel it is best to allow the family to retire," the statement said last year. "While we understand we have raised our children and children’s children alongside you at this establishment where cherished memories are housed, we feel it is best to close the chapter on the 88 Drive-In. This is because we want your last memories of us to be happy."
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