O'Neill Drive-In

49230 873 Road,
O'Neill, NE 68763

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50sSNIPES
50sSNIPES on December 8, 2024 at 5:44 pm

I looked at Google Earth, and it appears that the theater was demolished in 2021. It was already demolished in 2022.

123torrent
123torrent on December 8, 2024 at 3:26 am

As of 2024, Google Satellite and street view show the ticket booth, concession and screen have all been completely demolished. Only thing remains is the general outline and indicator of the ramps.

dallasmovietheaters
dallasmovietheaters on July 3, 2021 at 10:43 pm

Built on the former spot of Danceland, the O'Neill Drive-In Theatre launched on June 5, 1952 with “Fort Defiance” supported by additional short subjects. Just ten days later, on June 15, 1952, a tornado destroyed the screen. It was soon rebuilt.

dallasmovietheaters
dallasmovietheaters on July 31, 2020 at 3:38 am

The O’Neill Drive-In launched June. 1, 1952 and operated two weeks before a windstorm closed it temporarily. The theater was rebuilt and continued for 30 years into the beginning of the home video era.

MichaelKilgore
MichaelKilgore on May 4, 2020 at 7:47 pm

Same drive-in? Denver Post, June 16, 1952: “Near O'Neill, Neb., Sunday night (June 15), a freak twister destroyed a drive-in theater at an estimated loss of $8,000. The structure had been completed only two weeks ago.”

MichaelKilgore
MichaelKilgore on January 17, 2020 at 4:12 pm

Boxoffice, June 29, 1957: “Frank Sheffield of Denver, Colo., has contracted for the purchase of the O'Neill Drive-In … from R. V. Fletcher. The transaction has been pending for some time. The O'Neill Drive-In was built in 1950 by Fletcher and has been operated by him since that time.”

kennerado
kennerado on November 18, 2019 at 12:33 pm

Apart from a couple of paddock bomb cars on the front ramps, everything still looks the same as of 2017.