Valley Drive-In

710 Claremont Avenue,
Tamaqua, PA 18252

600 cars

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Drive-In 54
Drive-In 54 on August 6, 2017 at 3:34 am

theshoe4 thanks for the info..do you have any pictures to share?

theshoe4
theshoe4 on August 6, 2017 at 3:24 am

I just want to give a little quick on-the-spot correction here, having some first hand knowledge about the “Valley”. The Drive in theatre was constructed in 1948 and ran its last show at the end of the 1987 season. We did open late in 1977 when the wooden screen-tower was ripped down by a hurricane on Palm Sunday! I couldnt belive my eyes! We rebuilt it wiht steel and opened in June. The swimming pool was added in 1954 and outlasted the theatre by one year closing after the 1988 season. Not a bad run for a place that was built by one man and his wife. The stand and projection booth are still up and have been used as an electronics shop and now as a maintenance building. and the markee was converted to an electronic digital billboard. As for the pool it is in fact filled in. The bathhouses are still which were located at the base of the screen-tower. This structure was converted in to electronic shops and later apartments, I live on the top floor. Sincerely, Rogan IV

Mmandarano
Mmandarano on February 20, 2015 at 5:29 pm

Looks like the marquee is still standing as well, though it’s lost its luster.

MPT_Photographics
MPT_Photographics on February 18, 2015 at 2:39 am

Yes Kenmore, you can see the concession stand/projection booth in the most current Google image. The pool’s been filled in but the changing rooms and snack bar were in the structure at the north end, and that building looks to still be there.

Kenmore
Kenmore on February 17, 2015 at 2:04 pm

It appears that the concession stand/projection booth is still standing.