#West wind drive in covid movie

#West wind drive in covid movie

When temperatures are high, people are less apt to sit through a movie in their car, according to Starnes. Saturday’s special screening was at the tail end of the summer season, a time that manager Comesha Starnes said West Wind varies in business. Plus, you can talk during the movie without getting shushed by the people around you.” Being in the car just lets you kick back in a different way than a normal theater does. “But the convenience aspect is really what sets it apart from others. “When you make a thing out of by stopping at the concessions, it beats out a typical theater setting,” Mendoza said. To her, the drive-in represents a feeling of sentimentality that can only be felt by watching a box office movie from a car.Įntrance of West Wind Drive-In, photo by Madeline Derivet. ‘E.T.’ was way ahead of its time.”Įven though Mendoza is not quite old enough to have experienced the movie’s debut at West Wind, the nostalgia of the drive-in itself is what keeps her coming back.

“It just has a good message the moral is all about acceptance. “The movie brings back so many memories of my childhood,” Mendoza said. While she did not attend the January anniversary, she was present for the Sept. UNLV student, Jill Mendoza, is a member of the fanbase. 7, 2022, the theater celebrated its 50-year anniversary alongside its devoted fanbase. West Wind is the only drive-in movie theater in Las Vegas, and is one of only two in the entire state. Now, 40 years later, moviegoers were immersed in an evening reminiscent of the first time the film played at West Wind. The cult classic first hit silver screens back in 1982, 10 years after the theater opened. West Wind Las Vegas Drive-In gave visitors a blast from the past when it featured a one-night-only presentation of “E.T.

A painted sign on the Concessions' exterior, photo by Madeline Derivet.