Middlehope Drive-In
5258 Route 9W North,
Newburgh,
NY
12550
5258 Route 9W North,
Newburgh,
NY
12550
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Previous Names: 9W Middlehope Drive-In
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Originally opened Memorial Day weekend, May 29, 1950 by Adolph Knaust. The opening program was Shirley Temple in “The Story of Seabiscuit” & Roy Rogers in “The Gay Ranchero”. It was closed in 1987.
It was attempted to be revived in 1997 by Thomas Pedler and associates. Due to many road blocks, and the death of Thomas, the project was shut down permanently in 2002.
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Thanks Mike.
In the late fifties the Middle Hope Drive-In was operated by Hudson Valley Drive-In Enterprises. Capacity at that time was 450 cars.
July 5 1969 another crazy Triple feature,Maybe I don’t understand Drive-in Booking. “FINIAN’S RAINBOW”,“SHALAKO” [a pretty violent western },and “HOW TO COMMIT MURDER”.
It’s a pity this nice little drive-in never got reopened.
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Should now be listed as demolished. Here is a website about it:
http://www.hudsonvalleyruins.org/yasinsac/orange/middlehope.html
Seems the theater has been replaced with a gas station now.
I knew Tom Pedler. Met him in the mid 90s when he was trying to revive the Delmar Drive-In Theatre in DE. I looked into purchasing and re-opening this 9W theatre after Tom’s passing but the asking price was ludicrously high.
@Ken Layton – Hey, old buddy! Drive-In Dave Lounder here from the Drive-In Speaker. You still with Fred at the Skyline? Now back at TheDriveInGuys.com. Would love to have you as a correspondent! Be well, my man!! Dave
Opened on 29/5/1950 with “The story of Seabuscuit” and “The gay ranchero”. Closed in 1987.
Correction – The story of Seabiscuit.