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Scoring tickets to NYC drive-in movies is now a competitive sport

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The hottest ticket in New York City this summer? That would be movie screenings in a Queens restaurant’s parking lot, where scoring tickets is now a competitive sport.

With quarantine making most real-life gatherings illegal, getting into the al fresco shows at Astoria’s Bel Aire Diner lot involves repeatedly hitting refresh on the eatery’s website — and likely disappointment. “Good luck — my friend tried to go last week.

They sell out super fast,” my housemate warned. She was right: I might as well have been trying to score seats for a huge new band in pre-coronavirus times.

The words “SOLD OUT” appeared on my screen before I even saw the option to buy. No doubt about it, the drive-in, recently considered a vestige of mid-20th century

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