Sunset Drive-In
7000 Mansfield Road,
Shreveport,
LA
71108
7000 Mansfield Road,
Shreveport,
LA
71108
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Correction: Now McDonald’s and Planet Fitness @ 7000 Mansfield Rd Shreveport LA 71108. Please update.
Shreveport Journal, April 20, 1956: “Thomas E. (Tom) McElroy assumed operation Thursday of the Sunset Drive-In Theatre here, bringing to 10 the number of theatres in the greater Shreveport area he is operating. G. H. Mercer of Shreveport formerly was owner and operator of the Sunset Theatre.”
Opened on 20/7/1951 with “Raton Pass”.
This opened on July 20th, 1951 and newspaper listings ended in 1973. Grand opening ad in photo section.
Now Southgate Shopping Center. Approx. address for this drive-in was 2712 West 70th Street.
Mansfield Rd & W 70th St, Shreveport, LA 71108
The above address will map to the location of the drive-in, which was in the southwest corner of the intersection.
Here is a 1959 aerial photo of the drive-in, courtesy of Earth Explorer and USGS:
http://flic.kr/p/99exDq
“I lived near this drive in and as a youngster got to see a lot movies there with my parents. The Sunset was huge, had the familiar playground under the screen and the snack bar had good food. I saw my first 3-D movie here which was "Arena”, about a rodeo rider. As a teenager sneaking friends into the theater in the trunk was done a time or two"….Billy Smith