Bountiful Drive-In
2699 S. Main Street,
Bountiful,
UT
84010
2699 S. Main Street,
Bountiful,
UT
84010
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Architects: Paul K. Evans
Previous Names: Motor Vu Drive-In, Motor-View Drive-In
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The Motor Vu Drive-In was opened in May 1948 and operated thru 1977. Space for 650 Cars. In 1958 it was closed to enable fixed seating to be installed on the car ramps.
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In an article about rising theater entrepreneur Jerry Mike Place, the May 28, 1979 issue of Boxoffice wrote that Place got his start owning and operating the Bountiful drive-in. The article didn’t mention the date when his wife’s family “bought the financially plagued Bountiful, figuring the property alone was worth the investment. Mike, who has been holding down two jobs, figured it was easier to try to stay solvent by running the theatre.”
Boxoffice, May 8, 1948: “Opening of the Bountiful Motor-Vu Drive-In just north of Salt Lake City this week highlighted announcements of openings and plans for several more outdoor theatres in this area. The Bountiful Drive-In, which has a capacity of 650 cars, is owned and operated by J. N. Bills who also runs the Bountiful Theatre. It is situated off the state’s main north and south highway. It was equipped by Service Theatre Supply; designed by Paul K. Evans, their architect, and constructed by Cartwright and Wilson, builders.”
The 1955-56 Theatre Catalog had a different spelling, the Motor-View, owned by J. N. Bills, capacity 580 cars.
I guess the name changed before Place acquired it.
Boxoffice, Jan. 13, 1958: “The Bountiful in Bountiful, Utah, has been closed by Julian Bills, who says he will remodel the Bountiful Drive-In this summer to give it conventional seating of some type as well as the ozoner seating”
Boxoffice, Nov. 23, 1959: “Patrons of the Bountiful Motor-Vue Theatre now watch outdoor movies in living-room comfort since Manager Julian Bills installed 300 heaters which plug into outlets on speaker posts. Bills plans to wire in 200 more heaters, as the need arises. The heaters are picked up at the boxoffice when patrons purchase their admission tickets. The Bountiful Motor-Vue, 6825 South Highway 91 in South Bountiful, is the third drive-in theatre in the Salt Lake Valley to be equipped with electric car heaters.”