Somewhere on the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt, nestled at the foot of a desert mountain range, sits a peculiar sight that is almost completely out of place: hundreds of seats for an outdoor movie theater. Estonian photographer Kaupo Kikkas recently visited the desolate location and brought back these amazing shots of a decaying dream. He shares via his blog that the theater was built not too long ago by a man from France with considerable means. Tons of old seats and a generator were hauled in from Cairo, not to mention a giant screen that looked like the sail of a ship.
Everything was set for opening night, with one small problem. Kikkas says the locals weren’t particularly keen on the whole idea and decided to discreetly sabotage the generator. A single movie was never screened. So now it sits in the middle of a desert, a random movie theater that was never used. You can still see it on Google Maps. (via Lustik, Abandoned Geography)
just went here yesterday! the food was good! and the quality of the image on the screen is even better than my local walk-in theater! it was an opening premier movie too! the grinch!
no but if you think about it the towns of sanger, parlier, and orange cove are near by and this would have been the closet theater to them unless they wanted to drive to fresno or visalia to catch a flick.
Somewhere on the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt, nestled at the foot of a desert mountain range, sits a peculiar sight that is almost completely out of place: hundreds of seats for an outdoor movie theater. Estonian photographer Kaupo Kikkas recently visited the desolate location and brought back these amazing shots of a decaying dream. He shares via his blog that the theater was built not too long ago by a man from France with considerable means. Tons of old seats and a generator were hauled in from Cairo, not to mention a giant screen that looked like the sail of a ship.
Everything was set for opening night, with one small problem. Kikkas says the locals weren’t particularly keen on the whole idea and decided to discreetly sabotage the generator. A single movie was never screened. So now it sits in the middle of a desert, a random movie theater that was never used. You can still see it on Google Maps. (via Lustik, Abandoned Geography)
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thanks drive-in 54.
has since reopened! that is unless they announced that they didn’t reopen in 2018 as they announced.
whats the other drive-in in the picture!
that’s good to know!
they no longer run the swap meet at the madera drive-in
has since been demolished with nothing remaining except some of the ramps!
i believe it was closed in 1966.
just went here yesterday! the food was good! and the quality of the image on the screen is even better than my local walk-in theater! it was an opening premier movie too! the grinch!
the screen was the last remaining evidence of this drive-in until it was dempolished.
have to wonder whos idea it was to build a movie theater with four screens in 2003.
they are way-off it’s the abandoned cheif drive-in in quanah texas!
now roadium open air market!
i don’t know why it was called roadium but that is a very interesting question.
all that remains are the barely visible ramps should be listed as demolished
the ramps and projectors booth still remain
as of 2018 it’s still vacant
there is another one in carey texas.
https://www.messynessychic.com/2012/12/20/americas-last-drive-in-movie-theatres/
the ramps and concession stand still remain!
should be listed as demolished. not a trace of the drive-in remaining.
i think it has been demolished because i can’t find it on google earth with the address given
i think the screen bases still exist actually!
doesn’t mater where the address is in my book because the screen is gone!
the ramps are still visible after fifty years in 2016!
no but if you think about it the towns of sanger, parlier, and orange cove are near by and this would have been the closet theater to them unless they wanted to drive to fresno or visalia to catch a flick.