Solano 2 Drive-In
1611 Solano Way,
Concord,
CA
94520
1611 Solano Way,
Concord,
CA
94520
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Similar in design to many of Century’s former drive-ins (most notably the late Geneva 4 Drive-In of Daly City and the Union City 6 Drive-In), the Solano Drive-In was a seasonal two-screener, open for films from May through September.
Century announced it would not be re-opening the Solano Drive-In for the 2005 season. The Solano Drive-In was reopened for the 2007 season by West Wind Drive-Ins in May of 2007 with a double feature of “Spiderman 3” and “Ghost Rider”. It now operates year-round.
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The Solano Drive-In re-opens tonight with a free showing of Shrek 2 and Nacho Libre. It will be opening full time starting tomorrow May 4th with a double feature of Spiderman 3 and Ghost Rider.
Does this mean that only one screen will be operating? Still this is great news!
The second screen will be running by May 18th.
The “new” operator is West Wind Drive-Ins (which is owned by Syufy Enterprises—Syufy was the former owner of the Century Theaters chain prior to it being bought out by Cinemark). West Wind apparently now owns & operates the 6 drive-ins that Century Theaters had (including one in Sacramento & the Capitol Drive-In in San Jose). I guess Cinemark wasn’t interested in drive-ins when Century Theaters was bought by them.
Check out my blog to see what I have to say about the Solano Drive-In, this piece of junk theatre should be bulldozed.
www.CLAYCORD.com
I am so excited they reopened this drive-in! I’ve been driving 45-minutes to San Jose to get my drive-in movie fix. See you there this summer. I’ll be double-fisting snacks, sitting on the tailgate, squinting to see all of the dark scenes.
Does anyone have any photos of this twin drive-in?
There are plenty of photos at http://www.cinematour.com/tour/us/1933.html
The drive-in is no longer seasonal (hasn’t been since it reopened). It runs year round!
I used to pass this D-I almost every day in the 90’s. I love how they still use the Solano Way address since the entrance hasn’t been on Solano since the early 70’s!!!