Valley 6 Drive-In
401 49th Street NE,
Auburn,
WA
98002
401 49th Street NE,
Auburn,
WA
98002
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The Valley 6 Drive-In opened in 1968. This drive-in was one of the largest drive-in’s operating in the U.S. It had a capacity for 3,000 cars.
It later only operated with five screens as one screen was badly damaged in a storm several years ago. It was closed in late-2012 and demolished in 2013.
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It seems that drive-in owner Kieth Kiehl died from cancer-related causes on December 19, 2012, as the website for the theater is his obituary.
Two Facebook pages for the drive-in, one fan-based and the other with now-former employees, all confirm that the 2012 season was their last. Plans for “re-development” of the property are underway. http://www.auburn-reporter.com/news/174681231.html
The marquee, mentioning Kiehl’s passing: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151142288466990&set=o.43760443478&type=1&theater
You can change the status to demolished now. All screens are down as well as the south side snack bar & ticket booths. I would imagine they will be done by August.
I wonder where all the equipment went from this theater?
Wow ….. very, very sad!
Indeed, very, very sad.
I stopped by labor Day weekend for one last visit. The screens were the first to be torn down and now all that scrap metal has been hauled away. Both snack bar/ticket booths have been demo'ed. All signage is gone, the exterior fencing is up still. But the speakers posts remain, standing guard in each field.
The two marquees are still too i think?
no there gone G O N E Gone!
The land is still vacant you would think the way they quickly demolished it after the owners death there would have been something new going up on the land. What a shame.
What a pity. This theater did a lot of business.