Suburban Open Air Drive-In

Tamiami Trail & Cortez Road,
Bradenton, FL 34205

600 cars

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The Suburban Open Air Drive-In was opened prior to 1955. It was owned by Sydney Shapiro in the early-1960’s. Capacity was for 600 cars.

Contributed by Ken McIntyre

Chuck1231 on January 29, 2010 at 9:45 am

Copies of programs for the Suburban courtesy Drive-Ins.com.

One of the Marquee.

TLSLOEWS on June 4, 2010 at 12:16 pm

Nice photos Chuck.

starwarskid77 on August 17, 2010 at 10:17 am

Was this theater located on the corner prior to where the old Kmart was?

Mike Rogers on August 21, 2010 at 5:49 pm

Great movie ads.

NYozoner on January 24, 2011 at 10:08 am

U.S. 41 & Cortez Rd W, Bradenton, FL 34207

The above address will map accurately to the location of the drive-in. The heading address is off by several blocks to the east.

Here is a 1969 aerial photo of the drive-in, courtesy of HistoricAerials.com.

Drive-In 1954 on September 7, 2012 at 6:10 pm

Uploaded movie from April 7,1954

jwmovies on December 11, 2012 at 1:08 pm

Approx. address for this drive-in was 4210 14th Street West. Now Best Buy.

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