Skyway Drive-In Highway 8 and Lake Avenue Drive, Stoney Creek, ON L8G
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Skyway Drive-In Highway 8 and Lake Avenue Drive, Stoney Creek, ON L8G
Canada’s 1st Drive-In
The Skyway Theatre opened for business on July 10th, 1946, as the very first Drive-In Theatre in Canada. Drive-In Theatres began opening across America in the 1930’s, but didn’t come into Canada until after the Second World War.
100 by 50 foot screen
The Skyway, on Highway 8 at Gray Road, featured a 100 by 50 foot screen, could hold over 700 vehicles and had loudspeakers for sound, but later had individual speakers for each vehicle. The theatre remained open until 1975 and was later replace by the Fiesta Mall.
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