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Home » Theater Guide » Location » United States » Ohio » Cleveland » Memphis Triple Drive-In

Memphis Triple Drive-In

Cleveland, OH
10543 Memphis Avenue
, Cleveland, OH 44116 United States
(map)
216.941.2892
Status: Closed/Demolished
Screens: Triplex
Style: Unknown
Function: Unknown
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Drive-in opened in 1954 and had lot capacity of 1,000 cars and for sound they featured FM stereo as well as the traditional speaker sound. It featured flea markets three times a week. Located close to downtown Cleveland and the Cleveland Zoo.

The Memphis Triple drive-In was closed on October 1, 2006 and was subsequently demolished.
Contributed by Connie Nieves

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The Memphis Drive In might be closing at the end of this season, due to a deal being made to possibly sell the land for a "furniture warehouse" operation. However, a final decision regarding the sale of the land where the Memphis Drive-In stands won't be made until September, so there may still be hope that the Cleveland area's last drive-in survives, should this land sale fall through. The Memphis is in a landlocked area, surrounded by other industrial buildings and a creek...there is too little land to construct an average retail, industrial, or warehouse operation, so there is a possibility that this land sale deal will fall through, and that the drive-in survives beyond this season.
posted by Toby on Aug 2, 2006 at 7:23am
Here are some recent photos of the Memphis Triple Drive-In Theater. Click each photo to expand it.

posted by Lost Memory on Sep 30, 2006 at 3:37pm
The Memphis Drive-In closed permanently as of 10/1/06. I read on the Sun Newspapers web site (Brooklyn Sun Journal) that the property was sold.
posted by Toby on Oct 14, 2006 at 1:23pm
http://www.cleveland.com/weblogs/business/index.ssf?/mtlogs/cleve_business/archives/2006_10.html#195695

Cleveland.com (Plain Dealer) article...American Greetings, which has its world headquarters next door, has bought the Memphis Drive-In.
posted by Toby on Oct 17, 2006 at 6:42pm
On a side note. The Flea Market that was held there has moved to the county fairgrounds in Berea.
posted by Jeff Yates on May 10, 2007 at 7:58pm
This site has a photo and information about the Memphis:
http://tinyurl.com/3yqe5g
posted by ken mc on Sep 27, 2007 at 4:15pm
Status is demolished. Here is a 2005 photo.

posted by Lost Memory on May 20, 2009 at 11:01am
Here is a short clip around the time of the closing:
http://tinyurl.com/np6z2y
posted by ken mc on Aug 27, 2009 at 6:08pm
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