Skowhegan Drive-In
201 Waterville Road,
Skowhegan,
ME
04976
201 Waterville Road,
Skowhegan,
ME
04976
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It was announced that after 70 years of operation, this year will be the Skowhegan Drive-In’s last season.
https://www.bigscreen.com/j/Skowhegan-ME-After-70-Seasons-Skowhegan-DriveIn-Theatre/7404
Opened June 28th, 1953. Grand opening ad posted.
Skowhegan Drive-In opening 27 Jun 1953, Sat Morning Sentinel (Waterville, Maine) Newspapers.com
The IMPAs don’t give us much to talk about.
1955-63: 368, Somerset Drive-In Corp.
1969-76: 368.
1982: 300, SBC Mgt. Corp.
1984-88: SBC Mgt. Corp.
A 2012 article in the Press Herald said that Doug Corson sold the Skowhegan to Donald C. Brown Jr. that year. It also said that Lockwood & Gordon Co. of Boston built the drive-in in 1954.
In January 2017, it posted to its Fundrazr page, “We’d like to thank all of the patrons of the Skowhegan Drive-In who helped us go digital. We didn’t get the full amount, but at least the amount we raised helped with the installation costs.”
Fundraiser now underway to convert to digital projection.
Here are two photos:
http://www.roadsidenut.com/skodi2804.jpg
http://www.agilitynut.com/p/skowdi804.jpg