Rimar Drive-In

4137 Clarcona Ocoee Road,
Orlando, FL 32810

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MichaelKilgore
MichaelKilgore on February 17, 2024 at 7:31 pm

Based on some of the newspaper ads posted here, plus the following magazine clip, it appears that the drive-in dropped the hyphen by the 1960s, becoming the Rimar. I would rename the listing according to that final version of the name, leaving Ri-Mar as an alternate.

Also, Google Maps shows the old Rimar site outside the Orlando city limits. That would explain why it was described as being in Lockhart, a nearby census-designated place.

Boxoffice, Aug. 17, 1964: “Dixie Drive-In Theatres has taken over booking duties for the Rimar Drive-In at Lockhart, formerly booked by C. H. Deaver.”

rivest266
rivest266 on January 15, 2021 at 11:17 am

Opened on September 3rd, 1949, and closed in 1996. Grand opening ad posted.

davidcoppock
davidcoppock on October 22, 2018 at 8:35 am

500 cars. Demolished(date unknown?) Site is now Value Place Hotel and Orange County Tax Collector.

NYozoner
NYozoner on January 26, 2011 at 12:15 pm

4137 Clarcona Ocoee Rd, Orlando, FL 32810

The above address maps more accurately to the location of the drive-in, which is visible on Google Earth using historic aerial imagery.