tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33929660.post4372352444824575990..comments2024-03-28T18:34:03.426-04:00Comments on Working Pictures: Carved Aspens and the Ride HomeCarl Weesehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12291898089206705608noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33929660.post-91437292328732773342012-07-03T10:06:36.465-04:002012-07-03T10:06:36.465-04:00Tom, the Earlville was really productive. There ar...Tom, the Earlville was really productive. There are several nice things. I grabbed that one almost at random for the blog post.<br /><br />Lyle, The Valley looked like a "new build" to me, and a little digging around indicates it was only open for 11 years. The owners have a four-screen hardtop theater in town. There's a surprising economic sidelight about the DI theater business model. Most are shoestring operations run by dedicated fans of the DI culture. But sometimes a bigger corporation will buy or even build from scratch to use a drive-in theater as a "place holder" on a commercial real estate investment. If you've got the capital and think a piece of land is going to soar in value over, say, ten years, you put in minimal facilities (won't really be possible once digital projection is mandatory) and hire a manager. The theater doesn't have to make a profit. If it brings in enough to pay the staff and the property taxes, then it "carries" your land investment without further demands on your capital. If you suddenly need to buy a $96,000 digital projector and spend another $15,000 to dust-seal and climate-control your projection building, you might decide to bail out instead.Carl Weesehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12291898089206705608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33929660.post-76259046486562913002012-07-02T23:13:22.161-04:002012-07-02T23:13:22.161-04:00Glad you got your shots in Earlville and that you ...Glad you got your shots in Earlville and that you got out before the storm hit. Too bad the Union Pacific couldn't supply a locomotive and a few freight cars for this shot but it turned out great anyway. How did the image taken from the opposite direction turn out?Tom Swobodahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06915843363621128695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33929660.post-72872870369482707572012-07-02T22:15:46.978-04:002012-07-02T22:15:46.978-04:00The Valley looks in really good repair, better tha...The Valley looks in really good repair, better than some of the others that are still in biz. Earlville: railroad and drive-in, about as American as you can get!lylenoreply@blogger.com