Update: The marquee remains at the Commerce Drive-In site, the screen and snack bar are gone. (Darryl Burgess/Outdoor Moovies 9/29/00)

Update: "Commerce" then became our regular "hangout" on a Friday night. The Commerce was owned by the same gentleman who owned the Pontiac and Waterford drive ins. If I'm not mistaken from a former employee of his, he actually owned five drive ins in Oakland County, MI, before closing them between '86 and '87, and relocating to Ohio. That same employee, gave me a pair of drive in speakers upon the closing of the "Pontiac", of which I replaced the speakers themselves, and now use for nostalgic surround sound speakers. That was '87. Within a year or two, the "Pontiac", was destroyed by arson. I may still have the article somewhere from the Oakland Press. (Chris Arble 8/31/02)

Update: If there was a Union Drive-In, I don't recall it off hand. It may have closed down before my drive in days began. Since our family moved to the area in '64, my older brothers might know something more than I. I can't imagine where it would've been in Union Lake though. Commerce Drive-In was one of the biggest and nicest, and where most area residents went for the drive in experience. Commerce Township and Union Lake are next door neighbors (in fact, I think the lake itself butts right up to Commerce Township, but I'm not sure), so maybe the "Union" changed names to "Commerce" under a different ownership? (Chris Arble 9/15/02)

Update: We visited this site on 11/27/03. Marquee remains and is in fairly good shape. The site has not been developed although the land is valuable. The gas station next store leaked gas into the ground and there is a remedial catalytic convertor on the site (environmental problems). Nothing remains on the site except speaker wires still coming out of the ground and the well pipe (now capped) where the concession stand once stood. You can still see where the ramps were. (Lee E. Burgess 11/29/03)

Update: The Commerce Drive-In was purchased by Nicholas George Theatres in the early 1980's. (Jeff Thomas 1/7/04)

Update: I remember spending alot of summer nights at this place. Had alot of fun. I saw a Bruce Lee film festival there. Great place for a movie. (Starguy859 7/21/09)