NewPort Drive-In
3110 Airline Boulevard,
Portsmouth,
VA
23701
3110 Airline Boulevard,
Portsmouth,
VA
23701
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Previously operated by: Levine Theatrical Enterprises
Previous Names: Auto Port Drive-In
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Opened as the Auto Port Drive-In on June 30, 1949 with Rita Hayworth in “Down to Earth”. It was operated by Levine Theatrical Enterprises. This drive-in had a capacity for 450 cars. The name was changed to the NewPort Drive-In in 1975. Three years later, this drive-in closed.
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LEVINE THEATRICAL ENTERPRISES was the chain for this Drive-In (at least while it was called the Autoport).
If you go to MAP, enlarge it as much as posible and click on SATELLITE or HYBRID you can clearly see the drive-in site just to the left of the arrow. I wonder how old the photo is and if the land has anything on it yet?
Uploaded new aerials.
This site was redeveloped to a small single family neighborhood a few years ago.
Opened June 30th, 1949
Auto Port Drive-In opening 30 Jun 1949, Thu Norfolk Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, Virginia) Newspapers.com
Opened on 30th June 1949 with “Down to Earth”.
I was just going through, after 4 decades, a pile of papers. I just came upon a new clipping, attached to the large opening day newspaper clipping. It was an opening day thing. It said that my father A.D. Douglas was one of the two partners in the venture. I do not know when he sold it.
A.D Douglas was my father. My mothers uncle was the head of the Associated Theater group out of Cleveland. My Mother was Cleo Kalafat.
I wondered for a long time if the place was still around, but I could not remember the name.
James Douglas