Skyborn Drive-In
5269 Haddix Road,
Fairborn,
OH
45324
5269 Haddix Road,
Fairborn,
OH
45324
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The Skyborn Drive-In opened around 1950 on OH-235 and Haddix Road. This single screen theatre was operated by Chakeres Theatres who closed it at the end of the 2015 season.
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www.chakerestheatres.com
Holds 1000 cars. Open May through September.
LOST MEMORY YOUR PIC IS VERY GOOD WORKED THERE AS PROJECTIONIST HAD STRONG CARBON 11MM LAMPS SIMPLEX HEADS REMBER RUNING PT109 GOT DRAFTED HAD TO WALK TO DRAFT BOARD Z OHIO AT THE SAME TIME I WAS THERE THEY WERE BULIDING THE PARK LANE 69 IN CARLISLE OHIO SACK AIR FORCE WAS ACROSS HIGWAY FORM US WHEN PLANES CAME OVER SHAKE BOOTH WINDOWS LOST SOUND TEMP CHAKERES OWNED IT THEN BIT OF HISTORY JHM
For a while in the 80’s (maybe the 70’s as well) they showed porn movies. imagine flying in on final to Wright Patt and seeing porn on a drive in screen!I’m surprise there weren’t more accidents. In the late 80’s they went back to showing first run movies. We drove up there in 89 or 90 to see “ Sister Act”.
Address for this drive-in is 5269 Haddix Road.
I worked a week here in ‘84 to give the manager a vacation. The theatre was known during its porn days as “Skyporn” drive in within the industry locals.
This theatre did not reopen for the 2016 season. Venturing a guess that it is closed as other Google searches returned articles about the property being for sale.
I recently drove by this drive-in and was dismayed to see a FOR SALE sign on the marquee. Chakeres cited the main reason to close it was the digital conversion cost.
i was dismayed to find that the place including skateland was demolished but it there is good news the marquee was being restored by the fairfield historical society please update to demolished.
The last movie screened there was the peanuts movie
Anybody know when the final night of operation was?