Hastings Drive-In
100 W. J Street,
Hastings,
NE
68901
100 W. J Street,
Hastings,
NE
68901
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Previously operated by: Central States Theatres Corp, Tri-State Theaters
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The Hastings Drive-In was listed as open on May 27, 1949. Car capacity was 460. The drive-in was operated by Central States Theatres and was still listed as open in the late-1970’s.
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Now Fastenal Supply.
The address for this Drive-in is now 100 W J St, Hastings, NE 68901.
Please update.
Fun note from the July 2, 1962 issue of BoxOffice:
HASTINGS, NEB.— Fred Teller of the Hastings Drive-In is convinced he must hold the national record for the lowest per-person admission, a record established on a recent buck night.
Teller said a man approached him and asked how many persons would be admitted for $1.
“All that are in one vehicle,” Teller answered.
The man left and returned shortly in a bus loaded with 27 Iowa school children and three adults on a tour of South-Central Nebraska. He paid $1, drove in and parked the bus sideways so all could see the picture.
Teller said he figured the per-person cost something like 3⅓ cents, a record he has no desire to break."
Boxoffice, Jan. 5, 1952: “The Tri-States circuit is giving up eight theatres in the Iowa-Nebraska area … They are the Hastings, Neb., Strand and Hastings Drive-In, the Grand at Grand Island, Neb., and the Hollywood, Victory, Iowa, State and Sioux City Drive-In at Sioux City, Iowa. Fred Teller, former manager of Tri-State’s Omaha Theatre, will run both Hastings setups. He is vice-president of the Strand Amusement Co.”