Langley\u0027s Twilight Drive\u002DIn is facing a challenge that\u0027s threatening many other businesses in the region: land value. Find out more.
“It is with a heavy heart that we announce today that next season will be the last for the drive-in due to a 260 per cent increase in property taxes over the last three years,” their statement read.For years, Daulat’s two sons, Vesham and Vijay, have handed out portable radios to ticket-goers who drive into the 5.5-acre lot to see movies under the stars.
The Twilight opened at in 2005, just two years after the Daulats shut down operations at Surrey’s Hillcrest Drive-In to make way for redevelopment. “Right now 16.8 per cent of their customer base is Langley-Aldergrove: That means over 80 per cent comes from the region, from Abbotsford to Vancouver, to Chilliwack and even as far away as Vancouver Island,” Woodward said. “This sort of stands out as a great, unique destination for Aldergrove.”
The assessed value of the industrial-zoned lot the drive-in occupies at 3350 260 St. rose 50 per cent in the past year, from $38,944,000 in 2022 to $25,827,000, according to public records.
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