Century's 110-Drive-In
288 Broadhollow Road,
Melville,
NY
11747
288 Broadhollow Road,
Melville,
NY
11747
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This theater was a beautiful family-oriented drive-in that served Northern Suffolk and Eastern Nassau Counties from its opening July 25, 1956 with Tyrone Power in “The Eddy Duchin Story” & Don Taylor in “The Men of Sherwood Forest”. It closed on July 20, 1976 with Marjoe Gortner in “Food of the Gods” & Doug McClure in “The Land That Time Forgot”. For two decades, the 110’s Saturday lineup had consisted of a triple-feature!
Sadly, the 110 Drive-In was destroyed in 1982. Today, its former site is occupied by the Marriott Long Island Hotel, and not a single trace of the 110 Drive-In remains.
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Added the article on the grand opening July 25, 1956 in the pictures section
ticotone- whoever wrote that article left out a zero. The capacity was 2,500 cars making it the largest on Long Island.
I’m surprised that they did not twin or triple the DI in the later years.
Bayshore-Sunrise twinned; Westbury tripled.
Opened on 25/7/1956 with “The Eddy Duchin story”. and “Men of Sherwood Forest”. Closed in 1976.
Is this the most cars for a single screen drive-in?
When Prudential opened the Bay Shore – Sunrise Drive In the capacity was also given as 2,500. Later they twinned it.
Perhaps one of the specific Drive In sites would have some insight (lol)re theater capacities.
The photo of the resurfacing of the screen seems to indicate it was slightly concurved, as were the screens at the Metro twin drive-in in Melbourne, Australia.
Can you confirm that the screen was 143x62 feet wide?
Grand opening ad:
Century’s Route 100 110 drive-in opening 24 Jul 1956, Tue Newsday (Suffolk Edition) (Melville, New York) Newspapers.com
The 110 closed for the final time on July 20, 1976 with “Food Of The Gods” and “The Land That Time Forgot”. The theater’s flea market also closed that same day.