Nimitz Drive-In
Fremont,
CA
94538
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Opened in the early-1960’s near the the Fremont Dragstrip. A second screen was added in the mid-1960’s. This drive-in mostly showed exploitation and even adult films. Closed in the early-1980’s, office buildings were built on the site. Today a shopping center is on the site.
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This Drive-in was operated by the Enea Brothers, who owned numerous Drive-ins and movie houses throughout the Bay Area. If you’re driving around in Northern California, and you see the Enea name on a shopping center or complex, you can bet that the site once housed a theatre or Drive-in.
The Nimitz was featured as a background in the Dragstrip scenes in “American Graphitti 2”.
The dragstrip scenes in American Graffitti 2 were filmed at the Fremont Dragstrip down the street. Ironically, the drive-in was closed by then.
Update—A new shopping center is now on the drive-in site.
There are some photos on drive-ins.com:
http://www.drive-ins.com/theater/catnimi
Yeah, two satellite photos, one map photo and a nice photo of a car with a portion of one screen in the background. Where are the photos of the drive-in itself?
1979 aerial at View link