Nimitz Drive-In
4400 Christy Street,
Fremont,
CA
94538
4400 Christy Street,
Fremont,
CA
94538
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Sorry Ken you’re WAY off!
As I prviously stated, the correct address is
4400 Christy St, Fremont CA 94538. Please update.
Brandin Court DID NOT EXIST when this was opened! It runs through the former drive in property.
FYI the Fremont Speedway is yet another Amazon Distribution Center! Costco and the new Century 16 theater are down the street in the Pacific Commons shopping center.
Again please update with the current address.
Hwy 17 (now Interstate 880) was named after Chester W Nimitz, chief of naval operations for the Pacific fleet and fleet Admiral.
Why was the highway called Nimitz?
This opened on October 25th, 1963. Grand opening ad in the photo section.
The address (at least for Google) is 5070 Brandin Ct, Fremont, CA. Today, there are a series of businesses on the property with no trace of the drive-in remaining. http://tinyurl.com/zd22vqn
From 1958 until 1983 Hwy 17 (from San Jose to Oakland) was also known as the Nimitz Freeway, hence the name of the drive in.
Approx. address for this drive-in was 44000 Christy St.
BTW, this was open past ‘73. My father worked at the GM plant across the highway (then known as Hwy 17).
1979 aerial at View link
There are some photos on drive-ins.com:
http://www.drive-ins.com/theater/catnimi
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.
The Nimitz was featured as a background in the Dragstrip scenes in “American Graphitti 2”.
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.