Ottawa baseball stadium to host drive-in events; movies start Friday
“We’re going to start with drive-in movies and keep going with the reopening plan to eventually get into music, hopefully by August."
Lynn Saxberg, Ottawa Sun
June 9, 2021
The Ottawa promoter who organized drive-in events at Wesley Clover Parks last summer is back with another season of pandemic-proof live entertainment, starting with a new, east-end location at the Ottawa baseball stadium that will be ready for moviegoers and their cars on Friday.
“We’re going to start with drive-in movies in the parking lot, and keep going with the reopening plan to eventually get into music, hopefully by August,” said Ali Shafaee of DNA Live, promising news soon as to the status of events at the original site at Wesley Clover Parks.
Between June and November last year, more than 70,000 people drove-in to movies, concerts, comedy shows and more at the west-end WCP site, numbers that showed the region’s ravenous appetite for safe forms of entertainment during the pandemic. After a summer of sold-out shows, Shafaee and his team decided to look for additional sites.
They landed in the parking lot of the Coventry Road stadium that is formally known as Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton Park. With space for 80 to 100 cars, RCGT Park is a little smaller than the 100- to 120-car capacity at Wesley Clover Parks. Similar safety protocols will apply.
For now, start your engines: The 2021 drive-in season kicks off this weekend at RCGT Park with a pair of movie screenings. The 2011 comedy Bridesmaids is on the big screen on Friday, followed by Jurassic World on Saturday. Doors open at 7:30 each night, and showtime is 8:30 p.m.
For more information and to buy tickets, go to thedriveinottawa.ca.
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