Bengies begins new season with new rules

Bengies is back.

Maryland's one and only drive-in movie theater opens Wednesday night for first time this season.

WELL WORTH THE WAIT.

THATWHAT PEOPLE SAID WHO ATTENDEDOPENING NIGHT AT BENGIES DRIVEIN THEATRE.

AND AS WMA━2 NEWSRAY STRICKLAND EXPLAINS ITPROVIDED MUCH NEEDEDENTERTAINMENT FOR PEOPLEWHOFOR MONTHS.this is the first time a moviehas played on this screensince NovemberOf courseBengies could not open becauseof the pandemic.But as you cansee, people couldnget here.

Some even came fromout of state.

Hours beforeshow time cars lined up at theBengies box office 14 25 01“Ithought it would be packedmore.

I thought the line wouldbe down Eastern Avenue”Dozens of families attendingopening night The driv━incouldnbecause of the coronaviruspandemic.“Our capacity iseffectively going to reducedin half.

Theyin between two poles insteadof directly next to a policeto create even more socialdistancing.

Wesanitizing stations around thesnack bar.

Theyshields up for employees aswell in the snack br.

Theybe lines on the ground topromote social distancing andpeople will be required towear face masks when theynow in their vehicle.

14 36 15“I”Scott Scheuerman won ticketsfrom a local radio station tocome to bengies.

He broughthis family with him.

14 38 53“It gets the kids out.

This isthe first time my kids havebeen out since the pandemichas started” 14 39 20“Prettygood.

Actually no.

Extremelygood” The driv━in isproviding much neededentertainment for familiesafter months of isolation.

1449 25“Wecome back to Bengies.“This isthe only social thing wedone in months” BarbaraSacksinger drove an hour tocome to the theatre tocelebrate her birthday.

14 5144 kind of needed a break fromall the stress of whaton not just the pandemicrallies, protests, yeah so wewanted to get out of the houseand celebrate the littlethings like a birthday AndDaniel Kubacki drove all theway from delaware.

14 48 49 47“Only thing we have availableto us in Delaware are stateparks are open we can walkaround with social detail thisis completely differentexperience.

Ihere” 14 37 05 They haveeverything in place and aslong as everybody do whattheyit back.

Le”And driv━in theaters acrossthe county have seen anincrease in demandBengies isexpecting the same thingsoinstead of only opening onweekends Igoing to be open everyday.Reporting in Middle River RayStrickland Channel 2 news.Here's a look at what we'retracking this evening.

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