Campus Drive-In
7994 Old Highway 13,
Murphysboro,
IL
62901
7994 Old Highway 13,
Murphysboro,
IL
62901
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The property is an empty field. You can just make out the ramps, entrance/exit roads, outline, and foundations of the screen and projection booth/concession stand.
Motion Picture Exhibitor, Feb. 1, 1967: “Mid-America Theatres has just purchased the Waring Drive-In, Carbondale, Ill., and is changing the name to Campus Drive-In.”
The original capacity might’ve been around 200-250 cars, a 1963 aerial photo shows the back half of the ramps being created.
Correction: Address is now 7994 Old Hwy 13, Murphysboro, IL 62966. No longer part of Carbondale.
Renamed Campus in 1966 and closed in 1977.
I just listened to Funky Fanfare by Keith Mansfield in honor of you, CAMPUS DRIVE-IN!
Maybe some folks at SIU would have pictures and/or more history of this theatre in their archives. It’s worth a try.
Poor little forgotten theater.
I REMEMBER YOU, CAMPUS DRIVE-IN, even if no one else does! I actually ENJOYED living in Carbondale and I relish every memory of it!
The address was RFD 2 Murphysboro and the phone number was 684-8104. And come on now, am I the only person who cares about this theater?
I went there only one time. In the college years nobody had a car, so the Campus was a one-time special treat at a special time and with special friends from a long time ago. This is what made drive-ins such a great thing. It was whom you went with, whom you met there, and what you saw. That particular night I saw I DRINK YOUR BLOOD and I EAT YOUR SKIN.