Broadway Drive-In
4200 South Broadway,
St. Louis,
MO
63118
4200 South Broadway,
St. Louis,
MO
63118
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The Broadway Drive-In was the only ozoner within the city limits of St. Louis. The Broadway had a 550 car capacity.
It was located on South Broadway right next to the City workhouse. (Part of the St. Louis Jail System) Tuesday night was buck night whereby admission was 1 or a carload for $1.00.
The Broadway was closed and demolished in 1962 to make way for Interstate 55 as it made its way through the city. From the back side of the drive-in you could look out and see the Mississippi River.
A strip shopping center replaced the drive-in and the old city workhouse. It has a Walgreens Drug Store and had a super market that is now a Big Lots Closeout Store.
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Chuck Van Bibber
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The place opened in the mid 50’s and was owned and opereated by the mid-america threatre chain. Louis and Jules Jablanow
Place was built in the mid 50’s and was originally called the Holiday drive in. Owned by the mid-america theatre chain, Louis and Jules Jablanow.
Some corrections are needed:
1) The Broadway Drive-In was not the only ozoner within the St. Louis city limits. The THUNDERBIRD, at Natural Bridge and Goodfellow, also qualifies.
2) The Broadway was not built by Mid-America. The venue, which opened in May 1954, was a Ray Parker operation. Parker, then mayor of the suburb of Brentwood, also was involved with the Skyline Drive-In in Bridgeton.
3) The Broadway was always the Broadway. It was never known as the Holiday, which was an operation in the county on Page (and a Mid-America operation).
The only part of the Thunderbird that was in the city limits was the entrance. The drive in itself was behind Katz Drug and the Roller Rink which was in Pine Lawn. The street leading to the entrance of the Tunderbird was on Natural Bridge two blocks west of Goodfellow.
There are still some stores there, Family Dollar, Subway, Radio Shack, Hardees, etc. The Hollywood/Blockbuster video is out of business. Also a new O'Reilly’s Auto Parts has just been built close to the Big Lots building, which is still unoccupied.