Thunderbird Drive-In

11091 Folsom Boulevard,
Rancho Cordova, CA 95670

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Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on January 25, 2009 at 4:38 pm

Boxoffice Magazine’s issue of October 25, 1965, gives the opening date of National General’s Thunderbird Drive-In as September 1 that year. It also confirms the car capacity as 1,182, and the architect as Gale Santocono.

Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on December 22, 2008 at 7:47 pm

This location is in Rancho Cordova. The address Lost Memory posted is correct.

The theater was scheduled for a fall, 1965, opening, according to an item in the May 31, 1965, issue of Boxoffice Magazine. The name had not yet been chosen. The drive-in was being built by National General Corporation, and was slated to accommodate 1,182 cars. The architect was Gale Santocono, of San Francisco.

lostmemory
lostmemory on November 3, 2007 at 7:28 pm

There is a Thunderbird Drive-In listed for Rancho Cordova. The address was:

11091 Folsom Blvd
Rancho Cordova, CA 95670

That address maps very close to Sunrise Boulevard and US Route 50.