11th Street Drive-In
1100 South Mingo,
Tulsa,
OK
74101
1100 South Mingo,
Tulsa,
OK
74101
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Opened as the 66 Drive-In in August 1947 and was owned by Griffith Theatres. It later became part of the Video Independent drive-ins. The theatre was later renamed the 11th Street Drive-In in March 1964 and was twinned in March 1977. Last operated by Martin Theatres, it was operation until June 1983.
The theatre has been demolished and a church stands on the site of the former drive in.
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Chuck
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For complete history of Tulsa’s Highway 66 Drive-In, see;
http://tulsatvmemories.com/aida.html
View vintage photos of this cinema when it was still known as Route-66 Drive-In Theatre,
View link
Later day photo after screen tower had been expanded to wide screen,
http://www.tulsalibrary.org/JPG/C1690.jpg
All the way up to 1967 the 11th Street Drive-in always included a newsreel on the program. Universal News were the last to be shown.
A photo is also on this site.
With all deference to “Chuck” he is way off on his facts for this drive-in.
First of all, the picture is of the AIRWIEW drive in, and is from the Beryl Ford collection, available through the Tulsa city county library.
Secondly, the 66 drive-in as it was originally called when it opened on Aug 21, 1947. It was built by Griffith theaters, which later became Video theaters. It was rebuilt as the 66 drive-in on march 4, 1964. It was later twinned in march of 1977.
After video theaters was sold to Martin theaters, it finally closed in June of 1983.
Chuck is correct in that it was demolished and a church currently occupies the site which is just West of 169 on the North side of the street.
Wesley Horton
American institute of drive-in archaeology.