Camp Horne Drive-In
132 Ben Avon Heights Road,
Pittsburgh,
PA
15237
132 Ben Avon Heights Road,
Pittsburgh,
PA
15237
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This was a two-screen drive-in located in Ohio Township/Ben Avon, in the northern suburbs of Pittsburgh. It probably opened in the early-1950’s and closed by the early-1990’s. I’m not sure when the second screen was added. There is now a supermarket and a Home Depot on the site.
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Opened May 22, 1953. Closed at the end of the 1987 season. When the Parkway North stretch of I-279 opened two years later, the two screens and ticket booth were still standing, visible from the Camp Horne Rd. interchange. All hopes of resurrecting the Camp Horne Drive-In were dashed once Giant Eagle and Home Depot bought the land several years later.
When it opened the car capacity as a single drive-in was between 500-600 cars. International Motion Picture Almanac states 600 cars.
One of the drive-ins nearest to Downtown Pittsburgh.
Renewing link.
Here is a 1957 aerial photo. I used 132 Ben Avon Heights Road to find the drive-in. That is the address of the Giant Eagle market that replaced the theater.
http://tinyurl.com/ylxs6hj
My 1956 ALMANAC shows 600 cars and was owned by Associated Drive-in : E. Stern.
Cinemette Corp. operated up until it closed.