Chippewa Drive-In

500 W. Chippewa Avenue,
South Bend, IN 46614

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Opened by September 1953 as the Moonlite Outdoor Theatre with a single screen, it was owned by L. Cochovetry. Loew’s took over operations of the drive-in in 1961. It was twinned and renamed the Chippewa Twin Drive-In. Car Capacity for the ozoner was listed at 600 cars.

The drive-in closed in the early-1980’s and was later demolished. The Showplace 16 was built on the site of the former Chippewa Drive-In.

Any further information or corrections on this drive-in would be appreciated.

Contributed by Chuck

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CSWalczak
CSWalczak on November 11, 2010 at 9:20 pm

Apparently it opened at least a little earlier that 1954 as this theater’s page at Drive-ins.com includes an ad from 1953: http://www.drive-ins.com/pictures/intchip001.jpg

rivest266
rivest266 on June 30, 2012 at 11:27 pm

1967 aerial posted here.

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