Theater Tragedy I Traditional Geocache

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Hidden : 11/5/2013
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
3 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

For over 47 years, the Bucks County Drive-in Theater used to be directly across Route 611 from here, where the CreekView Shopping Center is!

To get to the cache, park in the tot lot and go up the little hill along the development's covered parking area. BYOP.

1951 – Opened by Joseph H. Penrose, Sr.
1982* – Leased by Budco Theaters and divided into twin screens
1986 – AMC’s American Multi-Cinema Inc. purchased Budco Theaters
1997 – Leased by John Mellor and partners
1998 – Closed
1999 – Torn down

The Bucks County Drive-In was opened in 1951 by Joseph H. Penrose, Sr. on a 19-acre field as a solo-screen with a 750 car capacity.

Around 1982, Budco Theaters took over the Bucks County Drive-In (and other local area theaters), as well as purchasing the William Goldman Theaters Co.

In 1986, AMC Philadelphia, Inc. (a division AMC’s American Multi-Cinema Inc., which is a division of AMC Entertainment, Inc.) purchased Budco Theaters (113 movie screens in 42 locations) propelling AMC past Sameric Corp. as the largest theater operator in the region.

In 1997, Joseph Penrose Jr. was looking for a way to develop what had become very valuable property in the heart of fast-growing Bucks County.  Enter John Mellor, a 52-year-old metal-working machinery repairman, and three partners who took up the lease on the property and kept the drive-in going.  Mellor, whose love affair with movies started when he ran projectors in high school, said the land's value was the main reason for the demise of the Bucks County Drive-In.

After 30 years of service, the theater was converted into a twin-screen, continually showing first-run movies up through 1998, when the landlords sold the property out from under the owners, who were forced to close the theater to make way for the shopping center. (NOTE:  In July 2001, the owners took over a drive-in theater in the Lancaster area, which was unfortunately replaced by a strip mall in 2005).

FTF Prize: Movie Ticket!

*Exact year unknown
 
Additional information:  Video of someones trip to the Bucks County Drive-In from 1994 (visit link)

Sources:  CinemaTreasures.org, Movie-Theatre.org, Drive-Ins.com, Philly.com

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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Decryption Key

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(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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