Saco Drive-In
969 Portland Road,
Saco,
ME
04072
969 Portland Road,
Saco,
ME
04072
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Opening in 1939, the Saco Drive-In is one of the oldest drive-ins in the U.S. still operating. This single screen drive-in has a capacity for approximately 500 cars.
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I believe this was Lockwood and Gordon and then SBC through the mid 80’s. Not sure if Hoyts took it when they purchased SBC.
lost memory your pictures are set to private can you fix.
I have The Saco Drive in Parking 75 to 150 cars in 1956. It was owned at that time by Higgins Circuit. So it has expaned?
Whats up Mike did you work at this drive-in too?
No i did not work here. I found a 1956 Motion picture Almanac in the old Miller Theatre and sometimes i get it out to help with infO.However, I did work at my cousin’s drive in free of charge when i was 16 and spent a couple of weeks there. I actually made a CHANGE OVER when the Projectionists got sick and had to visit the toilet. I did not to too bad, It was HOMBRE with Paul Newman. Non-union booth in Forrest City, N.C.. I heard that Drive inhad just closed up about a year or so.
Mike, I don’t know the accuracy of your Almanac but everything I found lists the drive-in at 500 cars. It is still in operation from May thru Sepetmber. The name change to Saco Drive-In took place during the-1950’s
Yeah, I thought that was an awful small lot,but i remember going through the Virginia mountains back in the early 70’s and i never saw such a small drive In located in those mountains it was tiny. My Almanac book could be wrong.
Is this an independent now?
To confirm LM' comment on 4/12/06 a photo of the box office with a sign stating that it is the 2nd oldest drive-in in operation.
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Saco Drive-in, billed as “The Showplace of Maine”.