Roosevelt Drive-In
2939 Roosevelt Highway,
College Park,
GA
30337
2939 Roosevelt Highway,
College Park,
GA
30337
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Opened prior to 1955, the 500 car capacity Roosevelt Drive-In was located in College Park, GA, south of Atlanta. It featured a nice snack bar and a very impressive marquee. Closed about 1975, due in part to noise from the near-by Atlanta airport.
The Roosevelt Drive-In frequently showed sci-fi and horror movies during the 1950’s and 1960’s, as well as generous helping of lighter family fare. It was an extremely popular and well-run theatre during the golden age of drive-ins.
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The Roosevelt Drive-In is listed in the 1980 IMPA with a capacity for 700 cars.
Newspaper ad from August 1964 with a write up on that nights feature:
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Link to the Drive In ladder ad in the Atlanta paper on August 5, 1964. The blogger has also written up some of his memories of working at these places. Worth a look if you are interested in the drive in culture from 1970 – 1990.
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This is a 1954 photo of the Roosevelt Drive-In.
Thanks for the cool ads,Stan.Miss seeing them,but the movies today weren’t the same anyways.
Here two photos
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Thanks for the photos once again Alonzo.
Bet you couldn’t even find that site today.
It is hard to say if the Roosevelt was demolished or cannot be found in the forest that occupies the present location. When you cross Roosevelt Highway on I-285 going north you can look to your right and see where the Drive-in was.
You can see the ramps if you use Google Earth’s historical images or historicaerials.com. They disappeared around 2000.