{"id":10518,"date":"2020-03-22T18:51:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-23T01:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/BigJimIndustries.com\/wordpress\/?p=10518"},"modified":"2020-03-23T18:54:09","modified_gmt":"2020-03-24T01:54:09","slug":"drive-in-revival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2020\/03\/22\/drive-in-revival\/","title":{"rendered":"Drive-in Revival"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/south-korea-drive-cinemas-enjoy-sales-boom-over-053925730.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"from AFP via Yahoo! News (opens in a new tab)\">from AFP via Yahoo! News<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Drive-In Movie Ads  : Drive in Intermission  1960&#039;s\" width=\"1080\" height=\"810\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/26pQNKEOXjo?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Seoul (AFP) &#8211; A long queue of cars forms in front of a drive-in cinema in Seoul, as South Koreans look for safer spaces to enjoy a movie without the risk of contracting the coronavirus raging across the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Box office numbers in South Korea &#8212; which has 8,897 confirmed virus cases &#8212; have plummeted in recent weeks due to the epidemic, with authorities urging the public to avoid large crowds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But at Park Dong-ju&#8217;s drive-in cinema, moviegoers can enjoy a film from the comfort of their cars, parked in front of a large outdoor screen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve had a 10-20 percent increase in sales for weekdays, and sell out on weekends,&#8221; Park said, adding: &#8220;We&#8217;re definitely getting many more calls and internet inquiries after the coronavirus outbreak.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[ <a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/south-korea-drive-cinemas-enjoy-sales-boom-over-053925730.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"click to continue reading at Yahoo! News (opens in a new tab)\">click to continue reading at Yahoo! News<\/a> ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>from AFP via Yahoo! News Seoul (AFP) &#8211; A long queue of cars forms in front of a drive-in cinema in Seoul, as South Koreans look for safer spaces to enjoy a movie without the risk of contracting the coronavirus raging across the world. Box office numbers in South Korea &#8212; which has 8,897 confirmed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture-art"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10518"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10518\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}