Ranch Drive-In

7680 West 2400 South,
Magna, UT 84044

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Ranch Drive-In

The Ranch Drive-In opened on May 10, 1957. Car capacity was listed at 500. The drive-in closed in 1960.

The snack bar/projection booth were still standing until around 2008.

Contributed by Chuck

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Mike Rogers
Mike Rogers on June 10, 2011 at 3:43 pm

Thanks Chuck,Great pics,Love the old ads.

MichaelKilgore
MichaelKilgore on April 30, 2022 at 2:31 pm

Boxoffice, Aug. 27, 1955: “End of the 45-day strike at Kennecott Copper Co.’s Bingham, Utah, mine was welcome news to theatre owners this week. Especially happy (was) … George Smith (who) … opened his new 440-car drive-in at Magna in the middle of the strike. Business, he said, wasn’t what it would have been had he opened in normal times, but it’s now coming back. His ozoner gives the area 11 drive-ins within the confines of the metropolitan district.”

Kenmore
Kenmore on April 30, 2022 at 6:01 pm

It appears that new construction has wiped out what remains of the drive-in. A large building is being constructed on the property along with new frontage roads. There is no trace of the drive-in remaining.

kennerado
kennerado on May 1, 2022 at 12:56 am

The concession building was actually demolished between 2007-09.

Kenmore
Kenmore on May 1, 2022 at 2:59 pm

I understand the concession stand/projection booth was removed years earlier. But a 2018 aerial shows the outline of the drive-in, the ramps, and entrance/exit roads. That has now all been removed.

The drive-in was still intact in 1971. By 1977, the screen was gone along with the fencing on either side.

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