Redwood 6 Drive-In
3688 S. Redwood Road,
Salt Lake City,
UT
84119
3688 S. Redwood Road,
Salt Lake City,
UT
84119
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I’m sure people still complain that their kids can see adult content on the neighboring screens.
They sure managed to do a pretty good job of laying out the field for maximum amount of screens.
1820 cars. Also known as Redwood 6 Drive-in. Also has a swap meet.
Okay, one more note. A Deseret News article from 1990(!) that is somehow still online provides a possible explanation for the sporadic screen addition. “The (DeAnza) company formerly owned as many as four drive-ins throughout the valley. As they were forced to close those locations due to economic concerns, they recycled the equipment and expanded the Redwood location.”
The screen count was already up to six in 1990. The article separately laments, “Some estimate there are only 1,500 outdoor movie screens left in the country.” Those were the days!
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/92035/DRIVE-IN-THEATER-STILL-FLOURISHES-ON-REDWOOD-ROAD—-ALL-YEAR-ROUND.html?pg=all
A blog post with photos purportedly from 1979 shows four screens, apparently proving the IMPAs were behind the times again.
https://slcoarchives.wordpress.com/2016/04/14/redwood-drive-in-theatre/
The 1959 IMPA shows the Redwood in Granger UT. Google Maps now shows Granger as a neighborhood in West Valley City.
The 1982-89 IMPAs list the Redwood as a twin, and this time in Murray UT. The Redwood is at least a mile northwest of Murray, so maybe that was its post office address?
It’s down to four active screens now. I could have sworn that it was at five screens for at least a year or two, and the aerial photos show all six still standing, so what’s up with that?
The Redwood Drive-In opened in 198 as a single screen. Additional screens were added in 1977, 1978 and 1983. Teh Redwood is now all digital. Their website
Here is a March 1974 ad from the Salt Lake Tribune:
http://tinyurl.com/dlu47c
Anyon who has not experienced the Redwood Drive in should check it out! The swapmeets on the weekend run year round. They have remodeled the snack bar and bathrooms (major improvement). Tickets are six dollars per adult children 11 and under are free. Great movies at a reasonable price. I’m glad its still open!