Ranalli's Drive-In
PA 8 at Theatre Drive,
Gibsonia,
PA
15044
PA 8 at Theatre Drive,
Gibsonia,
PA
15044
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Final night of operation was October 14, 1979 with “The Brood” and “Something Weird”
@DRIVEIN101 Thanks for information, I missed that when I uploaded the early aerial. So I posted the 1967 aerial also. I wonder why they moved it? Because of the setting sun?
Historic Aerials shows that Ranalli’s had TWO different sites. The original drive-in was located at the Kohl’s end of Richland Mall at Richland and Wal-mart Drives, facing south. At some point between 1956 and 1959, this was replaced with a much larger drive-in, facing west and built just north of the original at Wal-mart and Krebs Drives where Wal-Mart now stands. Both sites (with the screen having been transferred from the old site to the new) can been seen in the 1959 aerial; the 1969 aerial shows the original site grown over, barely recognizable.
Approx. address for this drive-in was 5413 William Flynn Highway, Richland, PA 15044.
In 1956 it parked 400 cars and was owned by HANNA THEATRE Service.
The first directory ad is at View link
No grand opening ad.