Sky View Drive-In
1250 S. Oxnard Boulevard,
Oxnard,
CA
93030
1250 S. Oxnard Boulevard,
Oxnard,
CA
93030
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The Sky View Drive-In was opened in September 1955. A second screen was added later.
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Ken McIntyre
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Here is an October 1958 ad from the Oxnard Press-Courier:
http://tinyurl.com/lrd9ft
It was probably a nice ad. Too bad I can’t see it.
Never mind. Now it loads. Sometimes I have to click your links two or three times to get them to work. Maybe it has something to do with the tinyurl site.
This was a drive-in that had a lot of gang problems in the mid- to late-‘80s; it closed sometime around 1988 or so. The city has always had some kind of low-income housing planned for the spot but it’s never happened. You can still drive by and see where the rise and fall of the land for the cars is, some struts and supports of the old ozoner, and there are holes in the fence for the more intrepid photographers amongst us.
September 8th, 1955 grand opening ad is at
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Photo: 1964 photo from USGS Earth Explorer id: 7LTQ08021-229
The last of five in Ventura County to remain undeveloped, it sits vacant in limbo. The header states that it had one screen, however, a second screen was added near the rear exit…I forgot the date…sometime in the mid Seventies. Check out this site: http://www.roadsidepeek.com/roadusa/southwest/california/centcal/centcaldi/index4.htm Wish this would hyperlink.
Here is the Link