Middletown Drive-In
534 Saybrook Road,
Middletown,
CT
06457
534 Saybrook Road,
Middletown,
CT
06457
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Held between 875 and 900 cars. Was open in 1955 and could have been open a few years prior. Original owner was Sal Adorno, Jr and then H. Schwab. It cost $200,000 to build and its screen measured 120 x 52 feet.
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Now the site of Middlesex Hospital.
From the June 11, 1955 issue of Billboard: “Sal Adorno Hr., formerly assistant general manager of M&D Theaters, Middletown, Conn., has opened his first drive-in theater, the $200,000, 875-car capacity Middletown on Route 9, Middletown, Conn. The theater features a screen measuring 120 feet wide and 52 feet high. A corner of the concession building is termed the Diaper Den, where mothers may tend their youngsters.”