Tahoe Drive-In
1093 Park Avenue,
South Lake Tahoe,
CA
96150
1093 Park Avenue,
South Lake Tahoe,
CA
96150
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The first drive-in at Lake Tahoe opened in 1947 near Stateline on the corner of Park Avenue and Van Sickle Road. It was owned by Steve Myers & Bill Garren. The opening move was “Flying Down To Rio” from 1933 which was the first appearance of Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers. It closed in 1957 after the lease expired. It moved to 1340 Glenwood Way, South Lake Tahoe.
In a strange twist of theater karma, the Stateline Cinema was built on the same location (1970-2000) and then the Heavenly Village 8 plex (2005 - present)
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As is often the case when an indoor movie house occupies a drive-in site - they had the same owners.
Boxoffice, Aug. 24, 1970: “The Stateline Cinema, this area’s newest theatre, has been opened in the Crescent Valley Shopping Center Annex by Robert Retzer and William Tomlinson, who jointly own the Tahoe Drive-In.”
Is there anything now on the original drive-in theatre site?
various businesses and a Marriot hotel…