Buena Park Triplex Drive-In
6540 Lincoln Avenue,
Buena Park,
CA
90620
6540 Lincoln Avenue,
Buena Park,
CA
90620
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The Buena Park Triplex Drive-In was demolished in 1996.
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This now-forgotten film played briefly at the drive-in back in March 1972:
http://tinyurl.com/2lokfl
Nice one.
The zip code is 90620. Chain and seat count should be changed to unknown.
This is a 1972 aerial photo. In the 1950s views, you can see the single screen, surrounded by farmland.
http://tinyurl.com/ycle8ek
It was operated by Pacific Theatres, when you add the three car capacities together the count is 1234.
Per a 4/74 Los Angeles Times listing, the Buena Park Drive-In opened with “2001: A Space Odyssey” and “Ride The High Wind”. The ad also stated that the “colorful all-new drive-in theatre” featured a “super screen” and “super sound”.
I meant to list 4/70 as the newspaper date.
Okay,Ct.
Now a huge housing development with streets named after universities.
The Buena Park Drive-In opened on April 24, 1970. It was built by Pacific Theatres on property adjacent to the Lincoln Drive-In but had its own entrance, box-office and facilities and was billed as a twin to the Lincoln. The Lincoln, which was previously called the Cine-Car, with a capacity of 375 cars and Orange County’s second drive-In, began to appear in newspaper listings on May 16, 1949. In the early 1960s, when it was called the Lincoln, it and the Warner Drive-In, was listed as a Family Drive-In Theatre and charged $1.50 a carload for a second-run double bill. On February 14, 1962, the Lincoln and Warner Drive-Ins were placed under Pacific Theatre’s banner, showing first-run movies at an increased admission.
Added three aerials from over the years(1954,1972,1994)showing how much it changed.