Skyway Drive-In

5601 16th Avenue East,
Palmetto, FL 34221

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Previously operated by: Floyd Theaters

Functions: Church

Previous Names: Palmetto Drive-In

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Skyway Drive-In

Opened as the Palmetto drive-In on December 15, 1962. On March 25, 1970 it became the Skyway Drive-In. It was closed in 1984 and is now a drive-in church.

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markp
markp on March 24, 2008 at 10:55 pm

Drive on up to the alter…

markp
markp on March 24, 2008 at 11:11 pm

Good question. Also there must be long lines to hear confession.

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on March 25, 2008 at 5:00 am

I guess you could commit the sin in your car and then get immediately absolved. Nothing like multi-tasking to save time.

rivest266
rivest266 on April 29, 2021 at 9:44 am

This opened as the Palmetto Drive-In on December 15th, 1962, and closed in 1962. It reopened by Floyd Theatres as the Skyway Drive-In on March 25th, 1970, and closed in 1984. Grand opening ads posted.

davidcoppock
davidcoppock on April 29, 2021 at 1:06 pm

Opened as the Palmetto Drive-in on 15/12/1962 with a colour cartoon(not named), “The barefoot mailman” and “A day with the FBI”. Opened as Skyway Drive-in on 25/3/1970 with “Rosemary’s baby”, “Romeo & Juliet” and “Riot”

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