Oklahoma City theatre opens 51st movie season without owner
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April 3, 2019
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — It was July 3, 1968, when the first car pulled up to the Winchester Drive-In movie ticket booth for the premiere show.
Lindy Shanbour was there to greet the first customers. He was there almost every night until the end of last year's season.
In 2017, Shanbour, the longtime owner of the last drive-in theater in Oklahoma City, started having health problems and feared he wouldn't make it to see the 50th anniversary in 2018, said Jeff Massad, Winchester manager.
"He prayed that God would give him his 50th anniversary which was last year. And if God would give him that he wou...
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