Floriland Drive-In
9503 N. Florida Avenue,
Tampa,
FL
33611
9503 N. Florida Avenue,
Tampa,
FL
33611
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Previous Names: Floriland Outdoor Theater
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Floriland Outdoor Theater was opened March 11, 1952 with Robert Cummings in “The Barefoot Mailman”. It was operated by H. Hamner & R.E. Morales. It was closed in April 1960.
It was replaced by the Floriland Mall in 1972.
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Now who could that be? Maybe me in my Super 8 epic horror film “THE FUNKY VAMPIRE”. I played the Vampire and of course got all the girls before a wooden cross was thrown on me. VIOLENT death,We almost got an R rating.
Aerial dated 1957: View link
In contrast with the above aerials here’s an aerial of the former lot as it looks today:
View link
Thanks Nick.
Thanks Nick,again.I know you wish you would have taken pictures years ago.I am in the same boat,If they don’t turn up in BOXOFFICE you won’t see them.
Another great handbill – thanks!
The demise of the theater was accelerated due to the wood screen frame burning due to lightning and combustion of pine trees next to the screen. The indoor twin cinema next door which premiered such films as Tommy in quadraphonic sound also nailed the coffin.
This opened on March 11th, 1952. Grand opening ad in the photo section.
Boxoffice, April 4, 1960: “Jim Poindexter was force to close his Floriland Drive-In, Tampa, because of extensive damage to his screen tower during a subtropical rainstorm”
MichaelKilgore has a reason why Floriland DI closed