Grove Drive-In
355 W. Theater Lane,
Hermiston,
OR
97838
355 W. Theater Lane,
Hermiston,
OR
97838
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Boxoffice, April 25, 1953: “The Grove Drive-In, owned by L. A. Moore, has opened for its fifth season. A free box of popcorn was given to each customer on the opening weekend - Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The Grove is equipped with a sprinkler system which is used each evening to cool the ramps just before the show. It is heralded as the Grove’s air conditioning system.”
The last season for the drive-in was 1998 with the “Grove Drive-In” nameplate last used in 1990. The projection booth was relocated to the Hermiston Tri-Cinema in time for the 1981 season.
The Grove Drive-In Theatre launched September 17, 1949 by L.A. Moore with “The Fuller Brush Man” on the big screen. It closed as the Grove Drive-In Theatre on September 4, 1989 with a double-feature of “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade” and “Ghostbusters II”.
Amazingly enough, a strip of the drive-in is still visible, including the screen foundation just to the west of the Hermiston Cinema.
Now Goodwill and Hermiston 8 Cinemas. Please update.
From the Oct. 22, 1949 issue of BoxOffice:
HERMISTON, ORE. – L. A. Moore has opened Hermiston’s first drive-in theatre. Construction is not complete, but is sufficiently far along to permit operation, Moore said. The drive-in is located one-half mile north of town on a ten-acre tract which the Moore’s purchased nearly ten years ago for the purpose.
The screen was pretty big.
This was originally opened as the Grove Drive-In in 1948. It was then opened by Moore Theaters in 1969, who then made the name change. The Hermiston Stadium 8 is now in its place.