Skyway Drive-In
1501 Dawson Road,
Princeton,
KY
42445
1501 Dawson Road,
Princeton,
KY
42445
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The Skyway Drive-In was opened on September 15, 1955 with Arthur Franz in “Red Stallion of the Rockies”. Car capacity was listed at 297 cars. The Skyway Drive-In closed in February 1980 with Cheech Marin & Tommy Chong in “Up in Smoke”, Jay B. Larson in “Sunset Cove” & “Beast of the Yellow Night”.
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Loved coming here as a kid, great times.I saw lots of great films here.
The address for this drive in is 1550 Dawson Rd, Princeton, KY 42445.
Now Tackwell Repair and a residence. Most ramps are still visible around the buildings.
Please update.
Boxoffice, May 2, 1966: “Mrs. J. J. Rosenthal and Mrs. M. M. Botto have reopened their Skyway Drive-In on Dawson Road offering two complete shows each evening. Mr. and Mrs. Rodgers Pickering are in charge of the Skyway’s concessions. Other staffers are Tommy Farmer, projectionist, and Mrs. Harold McGowan, cashier.”
The latest Google aerial shows virtually no evidence of the drive-in remaining.
Vernon Waible launched the Skyway Drive-in on September 15 with “Red Stallion of the Rockies” supported by two cartoons. 1950. He sold it to B.G. Moore and Dr. J.J. Rosenthal in 1951 who reopened it on March 23, 1951 (ad in photos). The venue was named for Skyway 5, 12, and 16 named in 1948 that were purportedly in the overhead space of the Princeton Drive-In. It closed at the end of its 30-year leasing agreement in style on 2, 1980 with “Up In Smoke,” “Sunset Cove,” and “Beast of the Yellow Night.”
A closer address is 1501 Dawson Rd, Princeton, KY.
Google Maps has updated their addresses and this puts it right on the property.
Today, the property has two private residences and virtually no trace of the drive-in remaining.
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