South City Drive-In
South Broad Street,
Philadelphia,
PA
South Broad Street,
Philadelphia,
PA
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It used to be on South Broad Street, above the naval base, around where the sports complex now stands. It was open as late as 1966. Demolished soon after to make way for the stadiums
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In the late sixties, the South City was part of the Northeast Drive-In Theater Corp., headquartered in Boston. Northeast at that time operated drive-ins in eleven states. One of the chief officers was Sumner Redstone. The other two chief officers were Redstones as well.
Car capacity was 530.
Here is an interesting view fromn 1963. JFK Stadium is to the south. The drive-in is where Veterans Stadium was before it too was demolished. The Spectrum had not yet been built.
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Here is a 1952 sketch from Temple U:
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Approx. location for this drive-in was S Broad St & Hartranft St, Philadelphia, PA 19145.
It was demolished to make way for Veterans stadium the Phillies/Eagle stadium shich has since been demolished. It had a huge screen. I remember in 1966 they were playing Elvis Pressley Girl Girls Girls.