You may be right. I looked at some other sites, and they had made comments concerning the fact that they could not pin down the location of the 54 in Iola. Additionally you can map 2200th Street to either Gas or Iola.
Going by Cinematour’s information, the Gas theater is the B&B Iola 54 Drive-In on 2200th Street. It was also called the Gas City Drive-In. The other theater, the 54 Drive-In in Iola, is not a B&B theater. The name was probably taken from the fact that the drive-in was on Route 54 in Iola. http://www.cinematour.com/theatres/us/KS/2.html
I think with two different addresses, zip codes and phone numbers, that there is one in Iola and one in Gas City. Coincidentally they’re both called the Iola 54.
The repertory group is busy planning its new home, scheduled to open in 2011. I didn’t see anything recent that showed the group using the Lake Theater for performances.
The related website is no longer providing information about the theater. I didn’t see any current events listed online. Does anyone know if the renovation is still ongoing?
The AMC at Del Amo is doing well. This is across Carson from the former Mann 9. There is a new BJs Brewery and Jerry’s Deli along with PF Changs and the rest. This area has grown considerably from when the two choices were the Mann and the UA on Hawthorne.
You may be right. I looked at some other sites, and they had made comments concerning the fact that they could not pin down the location of the 54 in Iola. Additionally you can map 2200th Street to either Gas or Iola.
Going by Cinematour’s information, the Gas theater is the B&B Iola 54 Drive-In on 2200th Street. It was also called the Gas City Drive-In. The other theater, the 54 Drive-In in Iola, is not a B&B theater. The name was probably taken from the fact that the drive-in was on Route 54 in Iola.
http://www.cinematour.com/theatres/us/KS/2.html
I think with two different addresses, zip codes and phone numbers, that there is one in Iola and one in Gas City. Coincidentally they’re both called the Iola 54.
Here are the two listings for the respective drive-ins. Note different addresses and phone numbers:
http://tinyurl.com/3h5bxd
http://tinyurl.com/4tsfs9
It would impact this theater if a new deluxe megaplex were to open next door, so certainly it is worth mentioning here.
It looks like a new theater has opened next to the mall:
http://tinyurl.com/5yz7uk
Here is a 2006 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/3nrt8n
Try this one:
http://tinyurl.com/4e7vvq
Here is an undated photo:
http://tinyurl.com/52pcra
According to this site, the theater was used for opera productions in the late seventies:
http://tinyurl.com/4eew98
Status should be closed/demolished.
Here is the theater website:
http://tinyurl.com/4l4ymt
Not too many single screen small town theaters left. Go while you can.
According to this site, the Chief was used as a church in the early seventies.
http://tinyurl.com/4hplug
Here is a June 2008 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/4z6qah
Some photos here:
http://tinyurl.com/4wvc2w
More info and screen photo here:
http://www.drive-ins.com/theater/sdtmidw
Nice marquee photo here:
http://tinyurl.com/3u44tb
Interesting article here:
http://www.ohio.com/news/27730294.html
This article was posted last week:
http://tinyurl.com/445pjo
Here is a recent article about renovation:
http://tinyurl.com/3uyotq
Hot off the presses:
http://tinyurl.com/3z4xm2
The repertory group is busy planning its new home, scheduled to open in 2011. I didn’t see anything recent that showed the group using the Lake Theater for performances.
The related website is no longer providing information about the theater. I didn’t see any current events listed online. Does anyone know if the renovation is still ongoing?
The AMC at Del Amo is doing well. This is across Carson from the former Mann 9. There is a new BJs Brewery and Jerry’s Deli along with PF Changs and the rest. This area has grown considerably from when the two choices were the Mann and the UA on Hawthorne.