Hills Drive-In
4025 E. Colorado Boulevard,
Spearfish,
SD
57783
4025 E. Colorado Boulevard,
Spearfish,
SD
57783
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Closed on August 18, 1985 with “Prizzi’s Honor” and “Revenge Of The Nerds”.
The Hills Drive-In Is Known To be A Popular Drive-In In Spearfish Showing First-Run Films, And Previously Was Used To Serve Church Services Throughout The 1960’s And The Half Of The 1970’s. It Is Still In Operation Since 1984.
Boxoffice, March 23, 1957: “Leonard Steele, owner of the Vida, Spearfish, and Wally O'Neil, owner of the Hills Drive-In there, are each building new homes in Spearfish.”
A good address (at least for Google) is 4025 E Colorado Blvd, Spearfish, SD 57783. Currently, the property is occupied by a business with no trace of the drive-in remaining. http://tinyurl.com/jtbktwn
Conceptualized as the Twin-City Drive-In Theatre between Spearfish and Deadwood, the theatre celebrated its grand opening on May 7, 1952 with “Treasure of Lost Canyon.” That December, however, a strong windstorm toppled the original screen. It was rebuilt easily in time for the 1953 season. The theatre is about where a Hills Pet Food Factory was in the mid-2010s on the opposite side of the road near the Black Hills Airport at 4025 E Colorado Blvd, Spearfish, SD 57783.
Hill’s Drive-In was still open in 1969. The last owner was Leonard Steele.