Iola 54 Drive-In
1300 2200th Street,
Gas,
KS
66749
1300 2200th Street,
Gas,
KS
66749
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The Iola 54 Drive-In opened in 1951. Operated by B & B Theaters, this single screen drive-in has a capacity for 300 cars.
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I think with two different addresses, zip codes and phone numbers, that there is one in Iola and one in Gas City. Coincidentally they’re both called the Iola 54.
Not necessarily. The links that you posted have given different addresses for other theaters in the past. As far as I can tell, there is only one Iola 54 Drive-in and it is operated by B&B Theatres. If you find another Iola 54 Drive-In operated by someone else, add it.
Going by Cinematour’s information, the Gas theater is the B&B Iola 54 Drive-In on 2200th Street. It was also called the Gas City Drive-In. The other theater, the 54 Drive-In in Iola, is not a B&B theater. The name was probably taken from the fact that the drive-in was on Route 54 in Iola.
http://www.cinematour.com/theatres/us/KS/2.html
I don’t understand the point that your trying to make. The Iola 54 Drive-in that you added was a duplicate of this drive-in. Yours had the B&B Theatres link also and the same address, only the name of the town was different. The other 54 Drive-in listed on Cinematour has no address so I have no idea where it was located. That site isn’t 100% accurate either so that could also be this drive-in. As I said before, if you find another 54 drive-in operated by someone other than B&B Theatres, add it.
You may be right. I looked at some other sites, and they had made comments concerning the fact that they could not pin down the location of the 54 in Iola. Additionally you can map 2200th Street to either Gas or Iola.
Exactly, The theater is actually listed as being in Gas, Kansas but Google will not map the address to Gas, Kansas. Drive-Ins.com lists one 54 Drive-In for Iola, Kansas and none for Gas, Kansas. The other 54 Drive-In on Cinematour might be the same drive-in as this one.
I think that the address above should be changed to Gas, Kansas as it is listed on the B&B website. The theater description could mention the mapping problem with Google maps.
I would think the fact that it is still open would end the mystery. Can’t someone just call there and ask if they are/were the only Iola 54 Drive-In?
Surely they should know if they have/had a 2nd location or any competitors of the same name.
If you look at the B & B website, the location given is Gas City, Kansas. I don’t think that we should change theater addresses just to get Google to map them. We should use the address given on the theater website.
I have driven by this drive-in, and can confirm that there is really only one drive-in, and it is located on U.S. Highway 54 in the small town of Gas (not Gas City) just outside the much larger town of Iola.
My 1956 Motion picture almanac has it located in Iola,So I guess Gas must be a nearby town.I have it owned by Jack Hastings .