Couple took out $1M loan to save America's oldest drive-in theater—now it brings in nearly $550K a year: ‘Who else was going to do it but us?’
- Posted on August 16, 2025
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Couple took out $1M loan to save America's oldest drive-in theater—now it brings in nearly $550K a year: ‘Who else was going to do it but us?’

In 2022, Matt McClanahan and Lauren McChesney purchased Shankweiler's Drive-In Theatre, America's oldest drive-in. Today, it brings in nearly $550,000 a year.