Malta Drive-In
2785 Route 9,
Ballston Spa,
NY
12020
2785 Route 9,
Ballston Spa,
NY
12020
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This drive-in opened in 1949 and is still open today. It advertises a capacity of 550 cars and shows first-run movies every weekend. On July 1, 1949 the Malta Drive-In premiered with the Abbott and Costello film “The Noose Hangs High”. The second feature starred Roy Rogers and Trigger.
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Here is a link with a more accurate map for this theater.
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Some info that I came across on this drive-in. The original owner of the Malta Drive-In was the late Sarto Smaldone, who later served two terms as mayor of Saratoga Springs. Smaldone maintained the theater for nearly 30 years before it was sold in 1977. Seventeen years ago, brothers Tom and Ed Caro purchased the theater and developed a second, year-round business adjacent to the drive-in, “The Furniture Theater”, selling, well, furniture. The drive-in employs 16 people and screens first-run movies every weekend. Starting Memorial Day weekend and continuing through Labor Day, the drive-in is open full time, showing movies seven nights a week.
I worked there the summer of 1963 for Sarto
I have a picture I took a couple of years ago…looks the same as it did 40 years ago
This is a working link for the Malta website.
Here is a photo of the Malta Drive-In.
When was thios drive-in Twinned? According to the phopto it shows two programs and a search showed it was twinned but no date.
Header should be changed to two screens.
Photos of the Malta Drive-In
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