In 1962 the drive-in is listed in IMPA as the Family Drive-In with a capacity for 348 cars. Owner is C.S. Brown.
From 1953-59 it is listed as Ideal Drive-In with a capacity for 348 cars. From 1960 on forward it is listed as Family Drive-In.
My conclusion is that this opened as the Ideal Drive-In in 1952, and became the Family Drive-In sometime around 1960, along with an ownership change, which was not uncommon.
Peacheyeball gave the address for the wrong drive-in, and changed the address to the location of North Side Drive-In. There were seven drive-ins in Colorada Springs, so I guess it is easy to get them mixed up.
Jwmovies had the correct address for Vista-Vue Drive-In. I have it here:
The entrance to the drive-in was where Red Lobster is today.
HERE is a 1957 aerial photo of the drive-in, courtesy of USGS & Earth Explorer.
Use address:
3588 PA-611
Bartonsville, PA 18321
McDowell Lane at Lakeside Dr
Canonsburg, 15317
332 W Trenton Ave
Morrisville, PA 19067
Address is slightly off. Now a Family Dollar Discount Store.
The Moonlite converted to digital projection at the end of the 2015 season.
3249 Miracle Dr
Murrysville, PA 15668
This drive-in has been closed since the end of the 2014 season.
Address is slightly off.
140 N MacDade Blvd
Glenolden, PA 19036
E Lake Rd at Irvine Dr
Erie, PA 16511
In 1962 the drive-in is listed in IMPA as the Family Drive-In with a capacity for 348 cars. Owner is C.S. Brown. From 1953-59 it is listed as Ideal Drive-In with a capacity for 348 cars. From 1960 on forward it is listed as Family Drive-In.
My conclusion is that this opened as the Ideal Drive-In in 1952, and became the Family Drive-In sometime around 1960, along with an ownership change, which was not uncommon.
Visible in 1948 aerial photos.
2982 E State St
Hermitage, PA 16148
S Hunter Hwy Rittenhouse Place
Drums, PA 18222
Mountain Blvd has been renamed Hunter Hwy.
1 Mariner Ct
Pittsburgh, PA 15238
2184 Todd Rd Aliquippa, PA 15001
108 Greensburg Rd
Lower Burrell, PA 15068
3150 Leechburg Rd
Lower Burrell, PA 15068
2411 Columbia Blvd
Bloomsburg, PA 17815
Pike Rd at Penzoil Dr
Johnstown, PA 15909
Pike Rd was formerly US-22 before it was moved further north.
Address is off by about ½ mile.
Brownsville Road at Greenbriar Dr
South Park, PA 15129
1915 Chester Pike
Eddystone, PA 19022
Address is off by a quarter mile.
648 Old State Route 115
Saylorsburg, PA 18353
It does not map correctly unless you use “Old State Route 115.”
In the advertisement in the photo section, the name of the drive-in is spelled as “Bel-Aire,” and not “Belle-Aire.
News Article from May 2011 on closing of drive-in. Final season appears to have been in 2010.
Theater Dr
Duncansville, PA 16635
Peacheyeball gave the address for the wrong drive-in, and changed the address to the location of North Side Drive-In. There were seven drive-ins in Colorada Springs, so I guess it is easy to get them mixed up.
Jwmovies had the correct address for Vista-Vue Drive-In. I have it here:
US 87 at Center Valley Dr
Fountain, CO 80817