Boulevard Drive-In
3308 Bragg Boulevard,
Fayetteville,
NC
28303
3308 Bragg Boulevard,
Fayetteville,
NC
28303
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Previously operated by: ABC Southern Theatres, Plitt Theatres, Wilby-Kincey
Previous Names: Drive-In on William Clark Farm
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Known as the second largest drive-in theatre in Fayetteville, the Drive-In on the William Clark Farm opened on April 28, 1947. It was renamed Boulevard Drive-In Theatre on December 12, 1948 with Van Johnson in “Easy to Wed”. By 1955 it operated under the management of the Queen City Group, which was based in Charlotte.
In 1964,the Wilbey-Kincey Group took over the operations after Queen City folded and it remained that way until the mid-1970’s when ABC Southeastern Theatres took over the establishment. It closed on July 24, 1980, when it was under the Plitt Theatres Group. Served the communities of Fayetteville and Fort Bragg and Cumberland County.
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@Kenmore I don’t think those are ramps I think that’s how they plowed the field. When you zoom in close you’ll see all these lines just like the straight plowed field next to it. That’s my opinion anyway, it would be a weird location for a Drive-In theater which were usually located on main roads. But I may be wrong, they may have plowed it that way due to there being ramps.
Look at the post by NYozoner and he does give the correct address’s for all four of them…
@Kris4011 If you look at the Google street view from Rogers Drive, it does not appear to be plowed nor are they terraces. They have the distinctive “bumps” of car ramps.
However, it is true that the ramps seem slightly closer together compared to the other drive-ins. So, while I’m not discounting anything, this has all the signs of a drive-in (either independent or an expansion) that was abandoned before completion.
A 1954 topo map shows that there was a road that ran along the east side of the property which was removed when the neighborhood was put in. Perhaps that has something to do with it or not.
Okay…I just uploaded the current location of the drive-ins in area. We did find reference for Sunset Drive-In also..we have not researched that out yet.
@Kenmore Your right the street view does look terraced it also looks like patches of gravel on the sides like it was a gravel drive. This may be the sunset as referenced by Drive-In 54
I like the 1971 aerial on historicaerials.com you can back it out to see all 4 drive-ins and the terraced lot on rogers dr.
Also if you go north of Fort Bragg on Bragg Blvd to Spring Lake NC there is a Drive-In Theater on the 1955 aerial on Historic aerials it is in the Y of the road where there is a Walgreen’s Located today.
This Drive In Theater Located at 200 N. Bragg Blvd Spring Lake, NC is replaced by a shopping center in the 1971 historic aerial. Maybe this is the Sunset?
The Drive-In theatre on the William Clark Farm opened on April 28th, 1947 and reopened as the Boulevard Drive-In on December 30th, 1948 to avoid confusion with the Sky Vue Drive-In that opened on October 12th that same year. Ads posted.
Last ad appeared on July 24th, 1980.