Pioneer Drive In Theatre, Alice Springs – Photo acknowledgement Emma Sleath, ABC Local

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Pioneer Drive In Theatre, Alice Springs – Photo acknowledgement Emma Sleath, ABC Local - The Pioneer Drive Theatre, closed & abandoned to vandals and the elements – Greg Lynch says - On Sunday, Nov. 28, 1988, only two cars turned up for a screening of the double feature “Masquerade” and “A New Life”. The operator refunded the monies and sent the two cars home. Then he shut down the power, closed the drive-in and walked away.– The projection equipment was left as it was installed, while metaphorically the screen sat dark for the next 25 years while waiting for the developers wrecking ball. The saga of the screen at the Alice Springs Drive-In Theatre ended in 2013 with the developer pulling the screen down over the Queen’s Birthday weekend – For years the drive in site had been earmarked as a future residential village that would be dissected into 80 building lots.