Entrepreneur: dying drive-in movie business worth saving

The disappearance of iconic drive-in movie theaters from America’s landscape is well documented — an inevitable consequence of obsolescence. This is not one of those stories.

  • By John Haughey
  • | 12:10 p.m. November 11, 2021
Calvin Knight. Chip Sawyer has overseen Lakeland’s Silver Moon Drive-In since 2017.
Calvin Knight. Chip Sawyer has overseen Lakeland’s Silver Moon Drive-In since 2017.
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Chip Sawyer doesn’t mind if you’ve got questions about an under-30 corporate executive who owns two drive-in theaters.

 

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