Dylan Gallardo and Hailey Koenig, both of Algonquin, play catch before the movies start on a recent weeknight at the McHenry Outdoor Theater in Lakemoor where Major League Baseball will host an America250 event July 4. | Provided Photo
By LMCS Staff Report | Lake & McHenry County Scanner
Major League Baseball has selected the McHenry Outdoor Theater to be one of only four drive-ins in the United States to host an America250 celebration on the Fourth of July.
Festivities at the McHenry Outdoor Theater on July 4 will include a showing of the classic childhood baseball film “The Sandlot,” a live screening of the evening’s Cubs vs. Cardinals game, Ballpark Bites, baseball-themed activities like wiffle ball, a pop fly scramble and virtual batting cages.
A fireworks display will cap off the night.
“From a community standpoint, this is huge,” McHenry Outdoor Theater President of Marketing and Promotions Joe Cicero. “To be recognized by Major League Baseball doesn’t happen every day.”
The Major League Baseball (MLB) is in the midst of a multi-tiered America250 campaign and selected McHenry Outdoor Theater to be one of four sites for the Fourth of July Summer Drive-in Celebration.
Dylan Gallardo and Hailey Koenig, both of Algonquin, play catch before the movies start on a recent weeknight at the McHenry Outdoor Theater in Lakemoor where Major League Baseball will host an America250 event July 4. | Provided Photo
The others are the Delsea, Swan and Paramount drive-ins, which are respectively located in Vineland, New Jersey; Blue Ridge, Georgia; and Paramount, California.
“What’s more American than baseball and drive-ins?” said Scott Dehn, owner of the McHenry Outdoor Theater in Lakemoor.
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