Tucson 5 Drive-In
1055 W. Grant Road,
Tucson,
AZ
85705
1055 W. Grant Road,
Tucson,
AZ
85705
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Previously operated by: Century Theatres, Syufy Enterprises
Previous Names: Tucson 4 Drive-In
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The Tucson 4 Drive-In was opened on February 11, 1974 by the Syufy Enterprises chain. The fifth screen was added some time in the early-1980’s. It was large drive-in, accommodating 1,570 cars. It was demolished by Syufy Enterprises in the late-1980’s to clear the land for the Century Park 12 (later the Century Park 16) indoor multiplex.
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Christopher Walczak
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There are some pictures of this drive-in’s site and newspaper ads on its gallery page at Drive-ins.com: http://www.drive-ins.com/gallery/azttusc
This webpage has quite a bit of information about the Tuczon 5 and has some pictures. According to the information here, the theater was closed in 1982. http://www.driveinmemories.com/drivein/tuc4di.htm
I wonder if the theater was designed by Vincent Raney who designed the Cinedomes built by Syufy/Century; that snackbar interior reminds me of those theaters.
February 7th, 1974 grand opening ad is at
View link
1980 color aerial photo is at
View link
There was some big delay in building this drive-in.
1967 aerial at View link you can see the ramps under construction
and clicking on the 1972 button you can see it look abandoned.
I also made a video of grand opening ads, which can be seen at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONVEokXHXZA
The hardtop which replaced this drive-in (just like Redwood City, CA & Las Vegas, NV) is now also closed.
The Tucson 4 opened on Feb. 11, 1974, according to a long article about the drive-in in the Feb. 25 issue of Boxoffice.