New Drive-In
3889 N. Mayo Trail,
Pikeville,
KY
41501
3889 N. Mayo Trail,
Pikeville,
KY
41501
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The New Drive-In was opened on July 31, 1948 with Eddie Bracken in “Fun on a Weekend” & Hopalong Cassidy in “Fools Gold”. It was closed in the mid to late-1970’s. A Kmart was opened on the site on August 2, 1979. The site is now occupied by a Rural King.
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The New Drive-In closed in the mid-to-late 1970s. It was demolished to make way for the Kmart which operated from August 2, 1979 until December 2016. A Rural King now sits in the former Kmart and the former theater’s site.
The Kmart store number was #7174 and closed in December 2016.
The 1952 Theatre Catalog included the Pikeville Drive-In, capacity 300 cars, owned by “Childers and Powell and J. Bressler”. If this was the only drive-in near Pikeville that was active in 1952 (per the aerial photo), then perhaps it became the New.
The New Drive-In opened its gates on July 31, 1948 with Eddie Bracken on “Fun On A Weekend” and Hopalong Cassidy in “Fools Gold” along with a few unnamed short subjects.