Clarification on location. US 66 initially turned west from Mt. Vernon at 4th St. to Foothill and was later moved to 5th St. to Foothill. If the theater was at 632 S. Mt. Vernon (south of the rail yard) it was not a Route 66 drive-in.
Getting in a bit late on the conversation, but having grown up in Midwest City I thought I would add that the Skyview was one of our go-to drive-ins in high school in the 1960s. It was at 23rd and Coltrane. The size of the site reached the 2700 block of Coltrane, so therein may be the source of contradiction on the address. The grounds are still clearly visible on Google aerials.
The street below the drive-in is E. Iowa.
The 1968 date for closing is likely correct. The overpass for I-40 was completed there in 1969.
Clarification on location. US 66 initially turned west from Mt. Vernon at 4th St. to Foothill and was later moved to 5th St. to Foothill. If the theater was at 632 S. Mt. Vernon (south of the rail yard) it was not a Route 66 drive-in.
Used to go to the Skytrain every weekend with my buddy during grades 5-7. Saw The Tingler there in 1959. What a hoot!
Getting in a bit late on the conversation, but having grown up in Midwest City I thought I would add that the Skyview was one of our go-to drive-ins in high school in the 1960s. It was at 23rd and Coltrane. The size of the site reached the 2700 block of Coltrane, so therein may be the source of contradiction on the address. The grounds are still clearly visible on Google aerials.