Prince Drive-In
2015 E. Prince Road,
Tucson,
AZ
85719
2015 E. Prince Road,
Tucson,
AZ
85719
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The Prince Drive-In opened in 1953. This single screen drive-in closed in late-1976.
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No it is not,I can`t remember that much about the place. I know it was a 200 mile trip from our home to the theatre. Dad leased the property, and we had relatives living near by. I know that it has been gone now for over 40 years. The last time i was in the area it was a driving range.
Norelco
I live a block from the former location, it’s presently apartment buildings and other private homes.
Here is a November 1972 ad from the Tucson Daily Citizen:
http://tinyurl.com/n23pvm
Hello, I worked at the Prince around 1970-71 best i can remember. I Was actually robbed at gun point once while working the back gate.
Still have a lot of crazy and fun memories , Mike, Larry I miss you guys.. Raul, Bill Anderson(manager) R.I.P.
Chuck..
Aerial photo starting from 1958 at
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Grand opening ad from February 14th, 1953
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The Google map pin isn’t exactly right. The theater was right at the corner of Prince and Campbell. The screen faced the street, yet in spite of this they often showed pretty racy stuff. I remember once driving by it when they were showing the nudist film, GARDEN OF EDEN. My mom was trying to steer the car and cover my eyes at the same time.
Its lot is the exact same one that Foxpoint Apartments now occupy.
Here’s an ad from its later years:http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:GmmbQgdwS7IJ:newspaperarchive.com/us/arizona/tucson/tucson-daily-citizen/1976/11-27/page-29+&cd=14&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=ca&lr=lang_en
Boxoffice, Jan. 3, 1977: “Two (Tucson) drive-ins, the Midway and Prince have closed. The owner, Cactus Corp., theatre division, has sold the Midway to P.F. West, a local development firm, for conversion to business use. The Prince is on the selling block.”
Boxoffice, Jan. 17, 1953: “TUCSON – Two workmen were killed here Saturday (10) when a 57-foot screen tower wall collapsed during construction at the Prince Drive-In on East Prince road, near north Campbell avenue. One man was killed instantly beneath 20 tons of debris from the fallen screen. The second, who had loosened his safety belt and jumped from the falling screen, died at a local hospital four hours later. … Both men had been hired on the day of the accident by theatre manager Hugh Downs.”