I-70 Drive-In
8701 East Highway 40,
Kansas City,
MO
64129
8701 East Highway 40,
Kansas City,
MO
64129
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This is Missouri’s largest drive-in with four big screens showing double features on each and an overall capacity of 1,200 cars.
Their neon marquee is a scaled down replica of the famous St. Louis Gateway Arch and is one of the great drive-in marquees.
Management there has a good thing going and despite the expansion, makes an effort to remember the small things that help to inject and maintain the nostalgic flavor ranging from screening classic intermission trailers to playing vintage field tunes. They still have traditional speakers as an option to audio provided by FM broadcast.
Contributed by
Chuck Van Bibber
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Here is a photo:
http://www.agilitynut.com/05/10/i70.jpg
Here is another photo of the I-70 Drive-In in Kansas City. And here is one more.
This is another photo of the I-70 Drive-In.
Here is another recent view of the I-70 Drive-In.
Here is a night view:
http://tinyurl.com/27pgp8
The chain/owner of the drive-in is Smith Management Globe Cinemas. A actual owner of the company works as the general manager there when it is opened and his wife runs the concession stand!
A 2007 view of the Kansas City I-70 Drive In Theater entrance, sign and marquee here and the sign here. A close up of the sign here.
A December 2008 photo can be seen here.
This is a 2009 photo.
The I-70 Drive-In opened in 1969.