I just talked to one of the owners of Great Lakes Dragaway last week. One of the screens from the Wheeling Twin drive-in is apart and sits on their property just to the left as you pay to get in. It was bought with the intention of putting it up back on the dragstrip property some years ago and showing movies as well as having their regular races. Don’t know if it will ever go up being it has been this long already.
Update to my earlier post: I just talked to one of the owners of Great Lakes Dragaway last week. The screen that is currently on their property apart is from the old Wheeling Twin drive-in, not the 41 Outdoor.
From what I have heard, the owners of Great Lakes Dragaway bought one of the newer screens(that they had added in 1981)before demo, and brought it back to the dragstrip property. They wanted to add a drive-in there along with the dragstrip but it never came to be. I hear the screen and its parts are still laying apart on the property. Anyone else out there hear about this also?
WesW you are correct. I remember going to the outside theater all the time when I lived down there from 1979 – 1981. I always enjoyed going to this theater.
I just talked to one of the owners of Great Lakes Dragaway last week. One of the screens from the Wheeling Twin drive-in is apart and sits on their property just to the left as you pay to get in. It was bought with the intention of putting it up back on the dragstrip property some years ago and showing movies as well as having their regular races. Don’t know if it will ever go up being it has been this long already.
Update to my earlier post: I just talked to one of the owners of Great Lakes Dragaway last week. The screen that is currently on their property apart is from the old Wheeling Twin drive-in, not the 41 Outdoor.
Enjoyed myself going to this theater also from 1979 – 1981. Right off 90.
From what I have heard, the owners of Great Lakes Dragaway bought one of the newer screens(that they had added in 1981)before demo, and brought it back to the dragstrip property. They wanted to add a drive-in there along with the dragstrip but it never came to be. I hear the screen and its parts are still laying apart on the property. Anyone else out there hear about this also?
WesW you are correct. I remember going to the outside theater all the time when I lived down there from 1979 – 1981. I always enjoyed going to this theater.