This annual opening is a sure sign of spring!

The Valle Drive-In theater near Newton will open for the season Thursday night.The theater's website said "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" will be the main feature movie. Gates open at 6:30 p.m. and the movie starts at 8 p.m. for Thursday's special sneak preview.Ticket prices should stay the same as last year: 12 and older $7.50, 5-11 $4, and 4 and under free, said the Valle.The theater announced last November that it had ordered a new digital projector. It had worked to win a national competition to receive a digital projector for free, but didn't win the competition.The Valle Drive-In is one of about 5,000 drive-ins left across the country. In Iowa, drive-in theaters remain open only in Grandview, Maquoketa, Newton and Spirit Lake.

The Valle Drive-In theater near Newton will open for the season Thursday night.

The theater's website said "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" will be the main feature movie. Gates open at 6:30 p.m. and the movie starts at 8 p.m. for Thursday's special sneak preview.


Ticket prices should stay the same as last year: 12 and older $7.50, 5-11 $4, and 4 and under free, said the Valle.

The theater announced last November that it had ordered a new digital projector. It had worked to win a national competition to receive a digital projector for free, but didn't win the competition.

The Valle Drive-In is one of about 5,000 drive-ins left across the country. In Iowa, drive-in theaters remain open only in Grandview, Maquoketa, Newton and Spirit Lake.