Ford Drive-In
10400 Ford Road,
Dearborn,
MI
48126
10400 Ford Road,
Dearborn,
MI
48126
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Opened in 1950, as a single-screener, with a colossal, late Streamline-style screen, the Ford-Wyoming could originally accomodate around 750 cars. It also once advertised a kiddie playground and boat rides for children.
The drive-in was acquired by Wayne Amusements in 1981, and by 1990, and grown to five screens. Another four screens were built during the early-1990’s.
Today, the still-very popular drive-in is the largest in the United States, parking-wise, with space for over 3,000 cars. (The largest drive-in screen-wise is the Thunderbird in Fort Lauderdale, Florida with 13 screens).
The Ford-Wyoming is open year-round, a rarity for drive-ins, and supplies car heaters along with speakers during the winter season.
Screens 6-9 were closed and demolished in May 2010, and in June 2010 it was renamed Ford Drive-In
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Bryan Krefft
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Recent comments (view all 25 comments)
The snakebar? What did they serve?
standard drive-in food. popcorn chips hot dogs etc.
oh nevermind i see what you mean i spelled snackbar wrong LOL
Name has been changed to Ford Drive-In it seems, dropping the Wyoming part now that those screens are gone. Website URL is now http://www.forddrivein.com/
pictures of the screen demo
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Nice web-site.
Wow, they start movies at 2:30 am on a Wednesday night? Not like people in MI need to get up and go to work I suppose…
Maybe I need to get a job at this drive-in they stay open late or is it early?
I guess they changed the name due to the failed 6-9 side. Wonder if they will yank the Wyoming letters of the main screen towers and the marquee
Owned by Mutual theatres in the Late Fifties, Bryan.