Joy-Lan Drive-In
16414 Highway 301 North,
Dade City,
FL
33525
16414 Highway 301 North,
Dade City,
FL
33525
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Joy-Lan Drive-In (Official)
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Previously operated by: Floyd Theaters, Martin Theatres
Functions: Movies (First Run)
Phone Numbers:
Box Office:
352.567.5085
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The Joy-Lan Drive-In opened March 9, 1950 with Edmund Gwenn in “Challenge to Lassie”. This single screen drive-in has a capacity for 396 cars and was operated by Carl Floyd, Floyd Theaters. It was taken over by Martin Theatres on March 1970. It was closed in March 1995. New owners took over and it reopened October 11, 1996.
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Listing from drive-ins.com:
http://www.drive-ins.com/theater/fltjoyl
Here are the pictures I took in July 2010.
Thanks for the pictures MajorMajor.
1950 snack bar view from Boxoffice 1950 08 05 P 159
Video from 1996: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmWSZOZ234s
Address above will not map correctly. Use 16414 U.S. 301, Dade City, Pasco, Florida 33523.
Why is it called Jay-Lan?
A July 4, 2004 article in The Tampa Tribune said that The Dade City Banner said the Joy-Lan opened on March 9, 1950 with the movie Challenge to Lassie. It had “risen from a field in six weeks”. The Tribune itself first listed the Joy Lan in January 1951.
Carl Floyd was listed as the owner in the 1951-52 International Motion Picture Almanac.
As mentioned in that YouTube video that FloridaDriveIns posted, the Joy-Lan was closed in March 1995 by its owner, Floyd Theaters, which had recently sold most of its assets to Carmike. One of the conditions of the sale was that potential competitors such as the Joy-Lan had to be shut down.
Former Floyd Enterprises president Harold Spears formed Sun South Theaters and bought the Joy-Lan along with the Silver Moon in Lakeland, Fun Lan in Tampa, and the Lake Worth, formerly the Trail. The Joy-Lan reopened on Oct. 11, 1996.
Can they show scope films now?
In the March 2, 1970 issue of Boxoffice, Martin Theatres president C. L. Patrick announced that his company had acquired a bunch of theaters from Floyd Enterprises. Among them was the Joy-Lan in Dade City. I wonder when (if?) Floyd got it back.