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50sSNIPES commented about 88 Drive-In on Apr 14, 2024 at 7:55 am

The 88 Drive-In survives a possible final closure last year with 2024 reopening, according to KUSA.

https://www.9news.com/article/life/style/colorado-guide/88-drive-in-denver-colorado-theaters/73-5255d187-eb92-4f64-9e5e-bece7f67cee2

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50sSNIPES commented about Hi-Vu Drive-In on Apr 13, 2024 at 5:45 pm

If you put in the address on Historic Aerials, it just takes you to downtown. The drive-in is way north of the city next to Illinois Drive as seen in the 1983 aerial view. It was gone by 1994.

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50sSNIPES commented about Westminster 5 Theatres on Apr 11, 2024 at 1:38 pm

Closed on May 15, 2008.

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50sSNIPES commented about Tri-State Drive-In on Apr 11, 2024 at 12:52 pm

So it appears that Commonwealth operated the Tri-State for most of its life.

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50sSNIPES commented about Red River Drive-In on Apr 11, 2024 at 12:44 pm

I think we’ve just solved the mystery there. Since there was a Joy Drive-In somewhere, I was the one who found the original Joy Drive-In before the nearby Joy Outdoor Twin was built. And yes, I’m very sure that the Loop Drive-In was the only drive-in in Texarkana that was once known as the Red River Drive-In.

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50sSNIPES commented about Joy's Outdoor Twin on Apr 11, 2024 at 12:42 pm

I’m very sure that the Joy Outdoor Twin opened around 1973, that’s my wild guess. A 1972 topo didn’t list the theater, but it was listed in 1976’s though. The Cinema City 4 (later Cinema City 6) later opened in the late-1970s and both theaters were operating at the same time.

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50sSNIPES commented about Joy's Cinema City 6 on Apr 11, 2024 at 12:41 pm

This started life as the Cinema City 4 with a total of 1,150 seats in the late-1970s, and expanded to six in the mid-1980s before closing on December 10, 1987 when Cinemark opened the Movies 8 nearby.

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50sSNIPES commented about Cinema City 6 on Apr 11, 2024 at 12:39 pm

This page is a duplicate.

  • See https://cinematreasures.org/theaters/24953
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50sSNIPES commented about Loop Drive-In on Apr 11, 2024 at 11:32 am

I have to agree, my brain is scrambling. CinemaTour got the address wrong, that’s why it said Arkansas instead of Texas. I’m very sure that the only drive-in theater the Arkansas side of Texarkana got is the 67 Drive-In which opened in 1965.

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50sSNIPES commented about King Cal Drive-In on Apr 10, 2024 at 10:18 am

It was renamed King Cal Drive-In in May 1964. I can’t find any evidence about the theater being known as the Little Dixie Drive-In. It was still named Fulton Drive-In in 1963 and was renamed the King Cal at the start of the 1964 season.

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50sSNIPES commented about Sage Drive-In on Apr 10, 2024 at 10:05 am

Closed in 1991.

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50sSNIPES commented about BrightStar Theaters on Apr 9, 2024 at 10:51 pm

The drive-in theater across the street was called the Red River Drive-In (which will have its own Cinema Treasures page soon), and yes there are two Red River Drive-Ins in both Texarkanas.

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50sSNIPES commented about Loop Drive-In on Apr 9, 2024 at 10:36 pm

Opened in August 1952, closed in the 1970s.

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50sSNIPES commented about 67 Drive-In on Apr 9, 2024 at 6:34 pm

The 67 Drive-In opened in 1965, so I don’t think so.

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50sSNIPES commented about Longhorn Drive-In on Apr 9, 2024 at 6:27 pm

That’s what I was thinking too. Judging by the photo of its unique marquee, it may’ve been a short-lived drive-in.

  • Speaking of drive-ins Kenmore, I need you along with MichaelKilgore to identify the name of the drive-in theater in Texarkana (TX) that was right next to the Oaklawn Cinema on New Boston Road. I recently spotted it while adding the BrightStar Theaters to the list, and I found it from several topos. I cannot find the name of it anywhere, even CinemaTour does not have the drive-in listed.
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50sSNIPES commented about White River Drive-In on Apr 9, 2024 at 5:25 pm

Edited from my October 19, 2022 (2:54 PM) post:

The White River Drive-In closed after the 1985 season because of poor business and massive money loss. Commonwealth decided to keep the theater closed in March 1986 despite being sold to James Street in April of that same year, but had no plans on operating.

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50sSNIPES commented about Wakea Theatre on Apr 9, 2024 at 4:02 pm

Opened in 1945, closed in the mid-1970s.

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50sSNIPES commented about Cinemark Texarkana 14 on Apr 9, 2024 at 2:47 pm

Opened on November 5, 2004.

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50sSNIPES commented about Movies 12 on Apr 9, 2024 at 2:46 pm

Opened on December 11, 1987, closed on November 4, 2004, demolished in 2005.

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50sSNIPES commented about Terrace Drive-In on Apr 9, 2024 at 2:22 pm

Really nice screen drawing.

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50sSNIPES commented about Puunene Theater on Apr 9, 2024 at 9:17 am

The Puunene Theater opened as early as 1916 and closed in the 1920s.

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50sSNIPES commented about King Drive-In on Apr 8, 2024 at 10:10 pm

Damn, that is one nice design!

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50sSNIPES commented about McKinney Drive-In on Apr 8, 2024 at 8:43 pm

The McKinney Drive-In’s CinemaScope was installed on January 13, 1955 as McKinney’s second CinemaScope theater after the Ritz the previous year.

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50sSNIPES commented about Aurora Plaza 6 Theatres on Apr 8, 2024 at 7:45 pm

Once operated by Mann Theatres.

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50sSNIPES commented about AMC Buckingham Village 6 on Apr 8, 2024 at 7:44 pm

Demolished in 2002.