Sundown Drive-in

Saskatchewan 41 and Highway 5,
Saskatoon, SK S7W

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Functions: Storage

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Sundown Drive-in

The Sundown Drive-in Theatre opened in 1965 on a 10 acre parcel of land.

In 1996, during a summer showing of the blockbuster movie “Twister”, an actual tornado touched down, destroying both screens and damaging the concessions building.

In August 2007, the owner announced impending sale. However, as of July 2009, the Sundown Drive-In appeared to still be operational. It remained Saskatoon’s only drive-in, and was closed by 2014. In 2021 the screens were still standing and the drive-in was in use to park school buses. By 2022 it was in use for storage.

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Recent comments (view all 18 comments)

rivest266
rivest266 on November 24, 2010 at 4:06 pm

First ad (october 1 1966) in the newspaper is on this page at View link

Mike Rogers
Mike Rogers on January 26, 2011 at 6:36 pm

May 1 1967 and “GOOD NEIGHBOR SAM” is playing along with “THREE ON A COUCH"The Drive-in advertises this as an Adult feature?

rivest266
rivest266 on February 22, 2014 at 1:06 pm

1966 grand opening ad in photo section.

23skidoo
23skidoo on July 21, 2014 at 8:34 am

Although the screens are still up, as of summer 2014 it’s being used as a parking lot for school buses.

23skidoo
23skidoo on July 25, 2014 at 7:06 am

I just checked the location again (also visible on Street View) and it’s now Sundown Storage Solutions. Better change it’s status to Closed.

23skidoo
23skidoo on October 1, 2014 at 8:56 pm

The map location is incorrect. The drive-in was located (and the screens are still present) on the southeast corner of Highway 5 and 43, southeast of the location currently pegged on the map.

Roger Katz
Roger Katz on December 4, 2016 at 7:15 am

It’s actually Highway 5 and Highway 41 (not 43).

davidcoppock
davidcoppock on October 13, 2018 at 6:11 am

Opened with “Get yourself a college girl” and “Wild wild winter”. The drive-in lot(complete?) is now used by a outdoor storage facilty to store cars and buses.

23skidoo
23skidoo on January 17, 2022 at 2:38 pm

The screens appeared to still exist as of 2020-21. Still being used to park school buses.

kennerado
kennerado on May 17, 2022 at 5:47 am

Appears to now be operating as “Sundown Storage Solutions”.

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