CANCELED: Drive-In Movies Coming To Princeton Area

UPDATE: This event has been canceled as of Wednesday. The event organizer Matthew Sabs said, "The town of Princeton and our location had a miscommunication and we had to pull all of our shows... We are also very upset about the news today."

PRINCETON, NJ — Drive-in movies are coming to Princeton area this Friday, Saturday and Sunday to bring some entertainment relief amid the coronavirus.

Matthew Sabs with Mobile Movies LLC is going to be running drive-in movies in select locations across New Jersey including in Princeton at the Hyatt Regency, 102 Carnegie Center, Princeton.

Tickets are $40 per car and include two movies, candy and drinks.

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"We think this is a great opportunity to get out for the whole family," Sabs said.

Being from north Jersey, Sabs said he already had the projectors and screens when he saw an opportunity to help out people who needed jobs.

"We would be driving by businesses with empty parking lots, like big corporate buildings, so we started calling places to make use of the parking lots," Sabs said.

His company also already has a relationship with a licensing company to get classic movies.

In Princeton on Friday Forrest Gump will play followed by Men in Black, on Saturday Jurassic Park, will play followed by Grease, and on Sunday Raider's of the Lost Arc followed by Ferris Bueller's Day Off.

Sabs said depending on the response they will continue to add more dates in Princeton.

Social distancing practices will be followed at the drive-in movie nights including wearing a mask whenever you get out of your car, employees will be temperature checked, and masks must be worn when using the bathrooms in the hotel.

Sabs is also looking for local businesses who may be interested in selling food at the drive-in. Those interested can email him at matt.sabs@gmail.com.

For more information or for tickets visit princetonmovies.com.

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