Skyview Drive-In
2260 Soquel Drive,
Santa Cruz,
CA
95065
2260 Soquel Drive,
Santa Cruz,
CA
95065
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This was a great family drive-in, first opened as the single screen Encina Drive-In in 1949.
Sadly, it was closed in December 2007 and demolished in May 2008.
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I can’t tell you how many movies I saw here in my youth. While I can understand the economic reasons why drive-ins are closing, it’s still sad to see another part of my personal history be swept under the rug.
This is a brief article about the closing.
The screen towers have been torn down.
www.savetheskyview.org
Look around the site and put some time in to take action.
Call and complain to Don Bussey, contact the Historic Society, …
This May 2007 blog discusses the Skyview:
http://tinyurl.com/lsgfly
So so sad, I went to the Skyview Drive-In child hood into adult hood. I will admit that once in my broke teenage years I did hide in the trunk so I didn’t have to pay. p.s.. I am sorry for that. Skyview was the only drive-in in Santa Cruz and around the area, and now if I want to enjoy the drive-in atmosphere I have to drive to San Jose and it is just not the same. I am hopeful that there will be another drive-in in Santa Cruz, because that would be awesome;) Fare Well Skyview, you are missed on nights that I am bored, which happens a lot. Thanks for the great times and awkward moments.
Here is another photo:
http://tinyurl.com/2fxzcpo
Encino/SKYVIEW DRIVE-In parked 440 cars and was owned in 1956 by Calif.Empire Theatre Inc.
Thanks Mike.
For the aesthetic record: For the last twenty-five years or so of its existence, the backside of the main (original) screen tower of the Skyview was painted blue, but before that, it was painted in wide, alternating vertical bands of pink and mint.