Tri-City Drive-In
25352 Redlands Boulevard,
Loma Linda,
CA
92354
25352 Redlands Boulevard,
Loma Linda,
CA
92354
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The Tri-City Drive-In opened in 1949. The tower had a picture of a ski jumper. Some listings put the theater in Redlands as well.
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Ken McIntyre
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I’m surprised the land isn’t developed for other use yet. In THIS 1994 shot, the screen still looks to be there. Looks to be gone in mid to late 90’s.
2 small pictures HERE
Here are 1983 and 1984 photos, respectively. San Berdoo would be the third of the tri-cities, along with Redlands and Loma Linda.
http://tinyurl.com/o3ar3q
http://tinyurl.com/re6437
This is from the Redlands Daily Facts, July 1952:
“Quo Vadisâ€, the story of the world’s most wicked empire and the love story of a pagan soldier and a beautiful Christian slave girl, starts tomorrow at the Tri-City Drive-In theatre, Highway 99 between Colton and Redlands. The Metro Goldwyn Mayer film stars Robert Taylor and Deborah Kerr with a cast of thousands.
A text ad.
I drove by there yesterday on the way back to Calimesa. Absolutely nothing remains of the drive-in. I can recall a lot of exploitation movies played here in the 1970s-80s.
No wonder they called it Tri-City. No one seems to know where it was, specifically. The 1952 ad puts it between Colton and Redlands, but my question would be whether Loma Linda even existed as a city back then. If not, then the theater would have been in no mans land between the two cities mentioned in the ad.
According to the history of Loma Linda:http://tinyurl.com/pqeknn
it wasn’t until 1970 that this largely Seventh Day Adventist community became an incorparated city.
[http://www.tinyurl.com/pqeknn]Fixed link](http://www.tinyurl.com/pqeknn)
dammit! well,it works anyway.