Ribault Drive-In

4819 Soutel Drive,
Jacksonville, FL 32208

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Previously operated by: Eastern Federal Corporation

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The Ribault Drive-In Marquis when Eastern Federal had the property leased to an Independent Operator in 1982

The Ribault Drive-In was opened prior to 1955. It was a Clark Theater and had a capacity for 400 cars. Also operated by Eastern Federal Corporation.

Contributed by Dave Bonan

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Harvey
Harvey on July 1, 2008 at 12:46 am

Also once an Eastern Federal Theater.

Troy Powell
Troy Powell on October 18, 2011 at 3:55 pm

When I worked for eastern federal at the midway and fox drive in, the DM came to us and said that the drive ins just was not making it, (money), at the time and shut all drive ins and some indoors at the same time. What a bummer. That really takes the wind out of your sails.

DavidZornig
DavidZornig on August 27, 2017 at 11:21 am

1950s photo added courtesy of Loyd Sandgren.

EFCMike
EFCMike on September 7, 2018 at 7:26 pm

Eastern Federal owned and operated the Ribault Drive-In in its early years, but closed it when operating cost exceeded revenue. They leased it out to a couple independent operators while I was in Jacksonville from late 1980 to late 1984 with Eastern Federal.

davidcoppock
davidcoppock on September 8, 2018 at 1:44 am

Why the name Ribault?

EFCMike
EFCMike on September 11, 2018 at 7:41 pm

Davidcoppock, The Ribault Drive-in was located in the NW part of Jacksonville, near the Ribault River, thus a number of businesses in that part of Jacksonville used the Ribault name. The Ribault name comes from the French explorer, JEAN RIBAULT, who was credited for exploring parts of the SE US, and claiming territory for France. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Ribault

MichaelKilgore
MichaelKilgore on April 27, 2021 at 6:21 pm

Boxoffice, Feb. 8, 1960: “Carlton J. Carter has taken over operation of the local Ribault and Air Base drive-ins, which have been operated for the past several months by Irving Sochin.”

kennerado
kennerado on August 29, 2021 at 2:35 am

The entry/exit roads still exist, and so does part of the concreate screen foundation.

50sSNIPES
50sSNIPES on August 29, 2021 at 5:02 am

The Ribault Drive-In is notable for an August 24, 1957 advertisement containing a quadruple run with films that began with the word “Hell”, and a r**ing investigation from the Jacksonville Police Department, reporting of a man and a little girl at the playground section of the Ribault Drive-In on March 3, 1955. Its opening/closing dates were not discovered yet.

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