State Twin Drive-In
5033 State Avenue,
Kansas City,
KS
66102
5033 State Avenue,
Kansas City,
KS
66102
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The State Drive-In was opened as a single screen operation. On November 18, 1966 it reopened as a twin screen theatre with a capacity for 1,550 cars (800 in screen 1 and 750 in screen 2).
The site is now the city/county vehicle maintenance shop.
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Was a really good deal to go to the State Twin…..used to go nearly every week.
The State was built as a twin screen Drive in. It was nearly identical to the Twin, North Twin and South Twin. And similar to the I70. All of these theaters were operated by Mid America Cinemas.
Yet another now-defunct KC-area drive-in. Sat next to the old Indian Springs Mall.
This opened on November 18th, 1966. Another ad posted.
A more accurate address for this theater is now 5023 State Ave, Kansas City, KS 66102. This points directly to the entrance road. The Walters Dance Company is at the entrance. Kansas City Parks and Recreation just south of this location is where the drive in itself stood.
Please update.
Opened with on screen 1 with “dead heat on a merry-go-round”, “The last command” and “Cat Ballou” and on screen 2 with “A patch of blue”, “The singing nun” and “Never too late”.
Thats the opening as a twin drive-in.
According to Google Maps, a more accurate address is 5033 State Avenue, Kansas City, KS.
The entrance road to the drive-in no longer exists and the current address points to a property that is not connected to the drive-in.
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The State Twin Was Still Operational In The Early 90s, But Sometime It Was Demolished In Like Between The Mid-1990’s And The Late 1990’s.