Merced Tioga Drive-In

3021 Gurr Road,
Atwater, CA 95301

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Kenmore
Kenmore on March 3, 2024 at 12:37 pm

A closer address is 3021 Gurr Rd, Atwater, CA.

Google Maps has updated their addresses and this puts it right on the property.

The drive-in looks intact and operational in a 1957 aerial. But the aerial the following year does make it look a little unkempt. By 1984, the drive-in had been totally demolished.

Today, the southern half has a home while the northern half is an open field with lots of rocks scattered about. There is no trace of the drive-in remaining.

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rivest266
rivest266 on March 3, 2024 at 10:32 am

The Tioga Drive-In opened on March 8th, 1949, as the first drive-in in the Merced area. Grand opening ad posted.

kennerado
kennerado on April 4, 2020 at 6:45 pm

I finally found this one ,it was actually located outside Merced to the NW in Atwater. The address is 3020 Gurr Rd, Atwater 95301. It was in a 1958 aerial but doesn’t look in good shape. It may have ceased operating when the bigger drive-in opened closer to town? Currently half the site is occupied by a house and the other half is a bare dirt lot, nothing remains of the drive-in.