Fruitridge Drive-In
5201 Fruitridge Road,
Sacramento,
CA
95820
5201 Fruitridge Road,
Sacramento,
CA
95820
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The Fruitridge Drive-In opened around 1950 and closed in 1979. It had a capacity for 715 cars.
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I believe this had been an independent. It may have had a “carload” admission price policy towards the end.
Status should be closed/demolished. It was operated by the Blumenfeld chain, and was located at the corner of Fruitridge Rd and Stockton Blvd in Sacramento. No trace of the Drive-in remains, site is now home to a shopping center and Rite-Aid store.
The Fruitridge Drive-In had a unique feature, heated speakers. Affixed to the speaker you would hang from your car window was a small electric heater. This San Diego expatriate had never seen such a feature at drive-ins and was a very welcome treat on cool Sacramento winter nights. I couldn’t use the weather as an excuse not to go.
This was the only drive-in I ever saw where such a feature was offered to its patrons!