Beltsville Drive-In
10925 Baltimore Avenue,
Beltsville,
MD
20705
10925 Baltimore Avenue,
Beltsville,
MD
20705
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The Beltsville Drive-In opened in 1947 as the Sidney Lust Drive-In. It had a planned capacity for 700 cars, but opened with 1,000 car spaces. Lust sold the drive-in in 1976 and the new owners renamed it the Beltsville Drive-In. The drive-in closed in 1987 and has been demolished.
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I grew up in Beltsville. I remember Beltsville Drive in quite well. I had a million chances to take photos of it but never did.
In the late 60’s this was showing X, it may have been soft core?
This drive-in is listed as showing X-rated movies in the ‘70s. I didn’t know that it started in the late 60’s. Here is a photo from the year this drive-in opened in 1947:
http://driveins.4t.com/md-beltsville-7.jpg
Yes, I can attest that they showed X rated films in the early 80’s. They would have about 4-5 X rated films back to back.
Although originally designed to accomodate 700 cars the architect revised the plan to 1000 c ars. The architect for the Sidney Lust was George M. Peterson, Initial cost to build the drive-in excluding land and equipment was $189,000. The screen measured 32' by 40'.
More info and a photo at this link.
http://www.driveins.org/md-beltsville.htm