Starlite Drive-In
1825 Burnside Avenue,
Sioux Falls,
SD
57105
1825 Burnside Avenue,
Sioux Falls,
SD
57105
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This was the largest of the various Sioux Falls drive-ins. The property is now occupied by a trailer park called the Starlite Estates. It appears that the marquee may have been saved.
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Ken McIntyre
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It was operated by Mid Continental Theatres with a car capacity of 450.
The marquee was indeed saved and in the spirit of maintaining reference to it’s former drive-in purpose, all the streets in the mobile home community with the exception of the main entrance street which maintains the name Starlite Place are named after motion picture companies of the era like Paramount, Warner Bros, MGM, Republic, Universal and RKO
It was operated by Midcontinent theaters and had a capacity of over 600 cars when I worked there in 1975, I was projectionist and checked every one of the 600+ speakers each week. the original 40'x60' screen blew down in 1967 and was replaced by a 50x110 screen. A second screen was added in the early 1980’s
IMPA gives the car capacity as 500 in 1975.
I believe that this Drive-In was twinned in the early-1980’s. Header should read Twin. From the early-1950’s thru 1964 it was operated by Welworth Theatres and then from 1965 thry 1975 it was operated by MIDCO after that I couldn’t find ownership. Car Capacity that I found was listed at 500. The Drive-In Closed in the late-late 1980’s.
the marquee is still standing. the entrance & the sign are two blocks down on the photo above, & to the left.