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List of Detroit Drive-in Movie Theaters

Reliving the Glory Days

By Laura Sternberg, About.com

Once upon a time, the Metro Detroit area hosted many drive-in theaters. As the suburbs spread, however, the acreage necessary for the theater proved valuable and the sites were often sold for the creation of plazas and malls. These days, there are only a few Detroit Drive-in Theaters.

Dearborn: Ford Wyoming 1-5

Part of the largest drive-in theater in the world, Ford Wyoming 1-5 is open every day of the week, unlike its partner drive-in, the Ford Wyoming 6-9, that is only open on weekends. Price is per person: $3.99 an adult and children are free.

Dearborn: Ford Wyoming 6-9

Part of the largest drive-in theater in the world, the Ford-Wyoming 6-9 is only open on weekends. Prices are reasonable at $3.99 an adult and children are free.

Pontiac: Silverdome Drive-in

The Silverdome Drive-in is a portable-screen drive-in. It has three screens and a checkered past of open seasons. It is unclear whether the theater is open for 2008. If it is, it is showing older classics, such as Cars, Click and Mission Impossible 3. Prices are charged per person and are comparable to prices at sit-in theaters.

Plymouth: Compuware Arena's Drive-In Movie Theatre

Operated out of the massive parking lot that services Compuware Arena, this off-hockey-season, drive-in theater has three temporary screens. Because of its temporary nature, the screens are wrinkly and small, the parking is close and the prices are high (at or equal to regular theaters). The screens all show double features.

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