Watertown Drive-In
James H. Darcey Memorial Highway & Frost Bridge Road,
Watertown,
CT
06795
James H. Darcey Memorial Highway & Frost Bridge Road,
Watertown,
CT
06795
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Owned by LaFlamme. In 2002, the concession stand was torn down. Both screens were torn down in July of 2004.
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Should be listed as demolished.
The single screen drive in often played first run pictures in tandem with a downtown Waterbury theatre. This was also owned by the Sirica family I believe. At some point the LaFlamme family purchased it and did very well with the business.
In the 1970’s it showed porn causing disturbances on nearby Route 8. The two additional screens were added in the seventies and the drive in played, well, “drive-in” type movies. B- movies, slasher films, Stewardess soft porn things. The land became too valuable, the theatre closed and the property was sold.Too bad because it was a great place.
The Watertown Drive-In may have opened in 1956 or 1957 because there is an April 1957 Watertown Drive-In ad in the Waterbury Republican proclaiming that it was “New England’s Newest and Finest” that can be seen at View link
In 1975 the Watertown Drive-In had a capacity for 992 cars.
Status should be closed/demolished. There are some photos of the ruins here:
http://tinyurl.com/ycpdxda
James H Darcey Memorial Hwy & Frost Bridge Rd, Watertown, CT 06795
The above address will map accurately to the location of the drive-in, which is visible on Google Earth using present day imagery.
According to the 2010 aerial imagery, the property is currently undeveloped.