LOS LUNAS, N.M.—It wasn’t much to look at—just an old BMX park, hard-packed dirt, and open sky—but it held a kind of promise: enough space for cars, enough distance for a crowd.
In 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic drove people apart, organizers with the Los Lunas Parks and Recreation Department reached for something familiar with a twist of necessity.
They would build a drive-in movie theater. Just one screen—large enough to gather families, even if they remained sealed inside their cars, watching together under the stars.
Parks and Recreation Supervisor Matthew Jaramillo remembers seeing it take shape as he rose through the ranks….