Dale Drive-In
3420 24th Avenue,
Tuscaloosa,
AL
35401
3420 24th Avenue,
Tuscaloosa,
AL
35401
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This drive-in was the largest in Alabama with space for 800 cars. The former manager has confessed that the ten minute clock on the screen between features actually ran for twenty minutes so the management could sell more food at the snack bar.
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Ken McIntyre
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Nameing contest: October 28th, 1955 copy of the News.
View link and move one page forward for the ad.
Grand opening ad (one page back)
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It opened November 16th, 2009
The map link above throws the location way off, (to 24th St; not Avenue) according to the print ad. Greensboro Ave is AKA 24th Ave., but I can’t find any mention of the Rosedale School mentioned in the ad. School has either been renamed, or demolished long ago. Anyone else know?
Dale Drive-In location seems to be all commercial buildings now, or the Sahama Village Cir. Somewhere near this intersection.
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I have done a complete upgrade to the Tuscaloosa movie theatres and uploaded it at View link 10 grand opening ads are found.
3420 Greensboro Avenue, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401
The above address will map to the location of the drive-in, which was demolished for the construction of 35th Street, which goes straight through what used to be the concession stand and the screen tower.
Here is a 1966 aerial photo of the drive-in, courtesy of Earth Explorer and USGS:
http://flic.kr/p/9aAPwJ