Sumner Drive-In

1401 Nashville Pike,
Gallatin, TN 37066

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AlanCo4
AlanCo4 on December 14, 2020 at 11:05 am

Was still there in 2006.

MichaelKilgore
MichaelKilgore on March 20, 2017 at 9:11 pm

Wilson Living Magazine said the Sumner closed at the end of the 1999 season, and that two of the patrons in the audience were inspired to build their own drive-in, which became the Stardust in Watertown.

https://www.wilsonlivingmagazine.com/stardust-drive-in/

edina39
edina39 on September 24, 2014 at 2:17 pm

Loved this drive-in. Went many times when I was in college. I took a pair of car-hop speakers and wired them to my home stereo. Still have them out in my living room and they both work. Hated to see it torn down. If I’m not mistaken, half of the neon is on display somewhere in Gallatin and the other half at the Stardust out in Watertown.

TLSLOEWS
TLSLOEWS on July 15, 2010 at 2:02 pm

And Ken it was Sumner not Summer.

TLSLOEWS
TLSLOEWS on July 15, 2010 at 2:00 pm

Maybe thats all the letters they had.

Mike Rogers
Mike Rogers on July 11, 2010 at 3:50 pm

All that marquee and all they could put up was"ET" lazy employees.

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on June 20, 2009 at 5:13 pm

Here is another 1984 photo. Misidentified as the Summer Drive-In:
http://tinyurl.com/lq66p6

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on May 19, 2007 at 3:44 pm

There is a photo of the marquee on this page:
http://www.driveinmovie.com/TN.htm

bauhaus
bauhaus on April 22, 2007 at 1:08 am

Saw MAS*H there.