Westlake Drive-In
6275 W. 10th Street,
Indianapolis,
IN
46224
6275 W. 10th Street,
Indianapolis,
IN
46224
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The Westlake Drive-In opened in 1961 with a car capacity listed at 500 cars. Not to be confused with the Westside Drive-In. This drive-in closed in 1986 and has since been demolished.
Any further information on the Westlake Drive-In would be appreciated.
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There are images of related memorabilia on this theater’s gallery page at Drive-ins.com: http://www.drive-ins.com/gallery/intwes2
My 1956 Motion Picture Almanac has it parking 1700 cars quite a jump and was owned by E.Bell.
Mike, the only drive-in I could find in Indianapolis with a 1700 car capacity was the Tibbs Drive-In which is still open and has 4 screens. The closest to 1700 was the South 31 with 1642 and is closed & demolished.
Above address is incorrect. The drive-in including the entrance was on a side street NOT on 10th where U.S. 52 stands now. In fact, looking at historicals, the layout a little bit away.
Now Lowe’s.
The Westlake Drive-In was located at the corner of W 10th and High School Dr., there was a entrance on W. 10th as well as High School DR. According to their display ads the address was the same as in the header. I posted a copy of the map from one of their ads.
Just posted a aerial showing the location of it. That address was before expressway was built. Hope that clears that up!
The playground equipment from Westlake ended up at Monrovia Elementary School. My dad, when he was principal there, called up the owner when it closed down and asked what she was going to do with the playground equipment. She said that she hadn’t thought about it, and gave it to him for free. She kept one of the two circular slides for her grandkids, and everything else she donated. His little rural school ended up with one of the best playgrounds in the state. It just goes to show, it never hurts to ask.