Flamingo Drive-In

7651 N. Kings Highway,
Myrtle Beach, SC 29572

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50sSNIPES
50sSNIPES on November 23, 2022 at 3:01 pm

Actually, both of you are wrong. 1430 South Kings Highway was actually where the Myrtle Beach Drive-In (later the Myrtle Drive-In and back to Myrtle Beach Drive-In, now a Food Lion) is. The Flamingo Drive-In was actually located on 7651 N Kings Highway in Myrtle Beach.

First opened as the Highway 17 North Drive-In in 1952 before becoming the Flamingo Drive-In months later. The Flamingo was damaged by Hurricane Hazel on October 17, 1954, and reopened later on.

The Flamingo closed for the final time in 1962 and was left abandoned for more than two decades. The shape and the faded traces were left attached until the 1980s when a shopping center was built. Some of these nowadays include a Food Lion, The Fresh Market, Pizza Hut, Bank of America, Liberty Tap, and China Dragon (just to name a few) was built in the former Flamingo Drive-In’s site.

NYozoner
NYozoner on January 4, 2015 at 9:05 pm

1430 South Kings Highway
Myrtle Beach, SC 29577

For mapping purposes, the above address will accurately take you to the location of the drive-in. For whatever reason, Google Earth does not map when using US 17 Business in the location.

Mmandarano
Mmandarano on September 19, 2013 at 10:49 am

Located at what is now 1430 US 17 Business, Myrtle Beach, SC. It’s the intersection of 13th Avenue South and Kings Highway North. Currently a shopping center with a Food Lion and Big Lots among other stores.