Blue Sky Drive-In

220 Foster Boulevard,
LaFayette, GA 30728

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MichaelKilgore
MichaelKilgore on June 8, 2024 at 7:40 pm

Boxoffice, June 1, 1970: “W. W. Fincher of Chatsworth … purchased the Blue Sky Drive-In at LaFayette in this state from Jim Maffett."

MichaelKilgore
MichaelKilgore on July 2, 2023 at 8:32 pm

All signs point to a 1955 opening.

Independent Film Journal, Jan. 22, 1955: “J. P. Edge scheduled opening of his new Blue Sky Drive-In at LaFayette, Ga. for around the 15th of Jan.”

Motion Picture Herald, April 30, 1955: “The Blue Sky drive-in, La Fayette, Ga., owned by J. P. Edge and Dr. T. A. Cochran, has opened. Wil-Kin Theatre Supply supplied the equipment.”

Motion Picture Exhibitor, June 8, 1955: “Dr. T. A. Cochran and John P. Edge, owners, Blue Sky Drive-In, La Fayette, Ga., feature 400-car capacity and a 100-foot screen.”

Kenmore
Kenmore on July 2, 2023 at 12:03 pm

The drive-in was still intact in 1982, but it’s difficult to tell if it was operational. By 1985, the drive-in was demolished. By 1993, the entire property had been razed which removed all traces of the drive-in.

Today, a post office sits on the southern part of the property.

50sSNIPES
50sSNIPES on July 2, 2023 at 11:44 am

Closed around 1982, demolished in the mid-to-late-1980s.