Galva Autovue Drive-In
8 James B. Young Road,
Galva,
IL
61434
8 James B. Young Road,
Galva,
IL
61434
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The Galva Autovue Facebook page says its final night was Sunday, Sept. 6, 2015, with “Inside Out” and “Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation”. In 2018, someone stole its marquee sign. Google Street View shows the screens still up, but few other signs of life. Maybe mark this drive-in closed?
Closed September 5, 2015 permanently unable to covert to digital projection.
A lengthy Copley News Service article, published in the Aug. 12, 2005 issue of the Springfield IL State Journal-Register, provided more details. Justin West, then 41, opened the Galva Autovue and was the projectionist. The screens were 20x48 feet.
a very small screen
They have not maade the conversion to digital projection but a fund raiser is underway.