Southside Drive-In

13972 S. Tamiami Trail,
Fort Myers, FL 33912

Unfavorite 2 people favorited this theater

Showing 7 comments

50sSNIPES
50sSNIPES on June 18, 2023 at 5:27 am

Once operated by Floyd Theatres.

Sarah B
Sarah B on November 5, 2022 at 4:03 am

It’s now a Honda dealer

Drive-In 54
Drive-In 54 on March 16, 2016 at 7:06 pm

That youtube video is wrong. That was the Starlite Drive-In on it.

Dave Lounder THE DRIVE-IN THEATRE PRESERVATION SOCIETY TheDriveInGuys.com
Dave Lounder THE DRIVE-IN THEATRE PRESERVATION SOCIETY TheDriveInGuys.com on March 16, 2016 at 6:38 pm

https://youtu.be/yRqDt277krU

Looks like the Drive-In was re-purposed before being razed for a new build?

Michael28_1
Michael28_1 on August 26, 2013 at 4:55 pm

I know its kinda late responding but the aerial photo showing the drive in is in fact at the location of the car dealership as stated above. The drive-in was located on the west side of US41, not the east as was stated by NYozoner..

NYozoner
NYozoner on January 24, 2011 at 8:16 pm

Good news and bad news.

The bad news is that aerial photos from 1958 and 1960 showed no drive-in at or near the location listed above, which is currently the site of the Isuzu dealership.

The good news is that a USGS topo map reveals the drive-in to be on the east side of the road, at:

13972 S Tamiami Trail, Fort Myers, FL 33912

The above address will map accurately to the location of the drive-in, which was across the highway from the Isuzu dealership.

Here is a 1978 aerial photo of the drive-in, courtesy of Earth Explorer and USGS.

No drive-in gets left behind!

Mike Rogers
Mike Rogers on May 26, 2010 at 11:34 am

I have it parking 200 caes in 1956 and was owned by H.Solomon.