South Drive-In
3050 South High Street,
Columbus,
OH
43207
3050 South High Street,
Columbus,
OH
43207
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The last surviving drive-in in Columbus. Located on South High Street, it’s not in an area that’s desirable for developers with a lot of empty lots and buildings around, so it may survive a few more years.
I was there this past Memorial Day 2004 to see “Shrek 2” and the place was nearly sold out. Great stereo sound through your car radio or boom box, better take one along as most of the post mounted speakers don’t work very well.
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Are movies still shown here? The marquee in that photo advertises only a flea market.
Maybe they closed for the season. The flea market hours are during the day 7am to 2pm.
They usually shut down for the season in September or very early October.
Here is a recent photo. The drive-in is scheduled to open on April 24.
1987 photo of the South Drive-In Theatre.
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The South Drive-In is still open as of the summer of 2009.
The South Drive-In will probably survive longer than expected for two reasons:
1 – They are the last of a dying breed. During the portion of summer when school is also out, they show movies 7 nights/week on both screens. During the remaining portion of the movie season they show movies on Friday and Saturday nights. Also, as someone mentioned previously, they sell out or come close to it almost every weekend evening they are open!
2 – They operate the area as a flea market in the off season, renting “space” to local vendors at a fair price. Vendors line up into the street as early as 5 am to ensure a space, as they tend to fill up quickly.
Theatre opened on 4/30/2010 for the season.
This theatre will celebrate its 60th birthday on 5/11/2010. Opening features in 1950 were DOWN DAKOTA WAY with Roy Rogers & FRANCIS THE TALKING MULE.
This is their website, plain as it may be:
http://www.drive-inmovies.com/
As for the 1955 opening date, their website says 2010 is their 60th anniversary year.