27 Twin Drive-In
5270 S. Highway 27,
Somerset,
KY
42501
5270 S. Highway 27,
Somerset,
KY
42501
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The 27 Drive-In opened in 1967 as a single screen drive-in. In 1980 a second screen was added. This drive-in had a capacity for 300 cars. It was closed on September 25, 2021.
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Homepage:
http://www.27drivein.com/
Actual address 5670 U.S. Hwy 27 (Burnside Road).
Their address according to their website: 27 Twin Drive-In Theatre, 5270 South Highway 27, Somerset , KY 42501 The 27 Twin has made the conversion to digital projecion
https://www.google.com/maps/Fox Performing Arts Center.0189154,-84.6274348,3a,49.9y,75.86h,90.24t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sXZnOyT6h8DtnPm5O7A2-Yw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
opened for their 51st season on april 20th 2018
Owners have announced 2021 was their last season, and they have decided they can no longer viably operate the theatre.
Final shows on September 25, 2021 were “I Can Only Imagine” with “Cry Macho” and “It” with “It Chapter 2.”
On April 15, 1967, construction of the 27 Drive-In led into a halt following a civil action lawsuit was filed by Pulaski Circuit Court asking for a permanent injunction of the theater’s construction as well as various hazardous signs and the disruption of the original people who lived in the area. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Claunch and Cora Hudson owned the property of the theater at the time, and operated by brothers O.G. and Harry Roaden. Construction would later resume shortly afterward, and the theater would open its gates in the middle of 1967 despite the lawsuits.
However, shortly after opening, Circuit Judge R.C. Tartar refused to declare the 27 Drive-In a private nuisance and rejected a demand by nearby property owners for permanent injunctions and an estimate $39,800 in damages on October 23, 1967. During the ruling, Tartar knew that operating a theater was legal, but the Highway 27 development for a theater establishment represented an investment of $70,000.