62 Drive-In
2875 W. 6th Street,
Fayetteville,
AR
72704
2875 W. 6th Street,
Fayetteville,
AR
72704
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Additional Info
Previously operated by: Commonwealth Theaters Corp.
Firms: Milton Costlow & Associates
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The 62 Drive-In was opened on 31st July 1969 with James Garner in “Support Your Local Sheriff!” & Lucille Ball in “Yours, Mine and Ours”. Featured in the February 16, 1970 issue of ‘Boxoffice’ magazine, it featured a supervised playground, 550 car capacity, a self-serve cafeteria staffed by six employees and a 96'x42' screen. It was closed by Commonwealth Theatres in 1987.
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Dennis Chimelis
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Per drive-ins.com, the theater has been razed and replaced by a Wal-Mart. Status should be closed/demolished.
http://www.drive-ins.com/theater/art62dr
Opening was in July 1969, according to ads in the Northwest Arkansas Times. It was a Commonwealth theater at that time.
This Commonwealth circuit theater was designed, as usual, by Milton Costlow & Associates.
The location listed for this drive-in is incorrect. The actual location was at the corner of U.S. Highway 62 and Finger Lane in west Fayetteville. The property was purchased by Walmart and is today the site of a Walmart Supercenter. Here is a link to a map I made to this location:
http://g.co/maps/x2kdx
It does make sense that the 62 Drive-In would be on Highway 62.
Here is a quick link toozarknature’s map.
Approx. address would be 2875 West 6th Street, Fayetteville, AR 72704.
I had so much fun going to this drive-in as a child! It’s neat to see a picture :) Yes, it was located on Highway 62 where the Wal-Mart Supercenter is now.
Please update address to:
2875 West 6th Street, Fayetteville, AR 72704
Opened on 31/7/1969 with “Support your local sheriff” and “Yours, mine and ours”.
Edited from my May 27, 2021 post: The 62 Drive-In closed in 1987 after being sold by Commonwealth and was demolished later on. There was a massive error on the Walmart Locations Wiki saying that the Walmart at the theater’s site opened on September 1, 1976 but it’s wrong unfortunately. I think the Walmart relocated at the theater’s site after being demolished in the late 1980s or early 1990s.