Desert Drive-In
240 W. Cottonwood Lane,
Casa Grande,
AZ
85122
240 W. Cottonwood Lane,
Casa Grande,
AZ
85122
1 person
favorited this theater
Showing 3 comments
Boxoffice, Nov. 24, 1951: “Long Enterprises has started construction work on three other Arizona drive-ins and also anticipates a December opening for this trio of outdoorers. The theatres are being built on the outskirts of Casa Grande, Coolidge and Eloy.”
The “Paramount & Desert Drive-In Theaters” advertised in the 1967 and 1969 editions of the Casa Grande Union High School yearbook, the Cougar.
A 1983 aerial photo showed the Desert still intact, but it had been split into two parcels by 1996. The west side is now the building and parking area for 240 W. Cottonwood Lane; the east (which included the screen) is the RV and boat storage lot at 140 W. Cottonwood Lane.
Looks like it was closed by 1963, it appears derelict in an aerial photo from that year.