East Sprague Drive-In
6200 E. Sprague Avenue,
Spokane,
WA
99212
6200 E. Sprague Avenue,
Spokane,
WA
99212
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Billboard, March 7, 1953: “Sale of the East Sprague Drive-In Theater to Favorite Theaters Co., Inc., Salt Lake City, for $87,219 was announced last week by Joseph Rosenfield, owner. Rosenfield is president of Favorite Theaters, which owns the Post, Granada and Liberty theaters in Spokane. The outdoor theater opens its third (sic?) season March 4.”
Also opened with a technicolour colour(not named). Closed in 1993. The self storage facility is called Self Storage of Spokane.
Opening day article lists address as the E6200 block of Sprague. Same article reports J.J. Rosenfield built at a reported cost of $100,000, it sported a 60 foot tall screen tower and a 50 foot wide screen, and was then managed by Robert Coleman for the Favorite Theaters chain. Uploading opening day ad. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1338&dat=19490916&id=rzsaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=JicEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6114,165691&hl=en
I checked both addresses and they both point to the location of the DI. Maybe, before the I-90 interchange was built, the East Sprague address was the correct original address.
Address above is incorrect. Approx, address for this drive-in was 214 South Eastern Road. The address above is in between the freeway on and off ramps.
Uploaded aerial from 1994
There are some pictures of this theater’s signage on its gallery page at Drive-ins.com.
Uploaded opening day ad
Here is the Sign