Fair Ground Drive-In

Brownsville Road and Greenbriar Drive,
South Park, PA 15129

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Architects: Meyer VeShancey

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Opened July 8, 1959 with “Ask Any Girl” & “Night of the Quarter Moon”. It closed after the 1986 season. Located about a half mile west of the South Park Fairgrounds. The screen, poles, marquee, and snack bar/projection room remained for several years after its last night of operation, but now everything is gone. A housing development now occupies the drive-in site.

Contributed by Denny Pine

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Mike Rogers
Mike Rogers on April 20, 2010 at 8:35 pm

Boy, Norelco you had a tough business agent. Mike Local 629.

TLSLOEWS
TLSLOEWS on April 21, 2010 at 1:27 pm

Yeah what a set up!!!!

Mike Rogers
Mike Rogers on April 21, 2010 at 7:19 pm

THe more I read that your BUSINESS AGENT was quite SPINELESS!!!

WarnerChatham
WarnerChatham on September 3, 2012 at 8:14 am

Does anybody have any photos of this drive-in that they could post?

rivest266
rivest266 on September 20, 2014 at 5:27 pm

grand opening ad in photo section

dallasmovietheaters
dallasmovietheaters on July 9, 2016 at 3:25 pm

The Fair Ground Drive-In Theatre’s grand opening pictures are in photos. Architect was Meyer VeShancey and built by Branna Construction. The $500,000 facility had space for 1,000 cars at opening. The theatre had 70mm capability with Bauer-NTS projectors with Ashcraft Super Cinex lamps with pole-mounted stereo speakers. The tower measured 120' wide by 75' high. “Ask Any Girl” was the first movie for the Gabriel G. Rubin-led Fair Ground D-I.

NYozoner
NYozoner on January 1, 2017 at 2:36 am

Address is off by about ½ mile.

Brownsville Road at Greenbriar Dr
South Park, PA 15129

Denny Pine
Denny Pine on November 20, 2018 at 10:03 am

Final night of operation was on August 31, 1986 with “Last Resort” and “Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2”

MichaelKilgore
MichaelKilgore on October 22, 2023 at 9:00 pm

The April 13, 1970 issue of Boxoffice noted that Fair Ground owner Gabe Rubin also owned the (ultimately short-lived) Pittsburgh Pipers of the American Basketball Association.

davidcoppock
davidcoppock on October 23, 2023 at 10:31 am

Opened on 8th July 1959 with “Ask any girl” and “Night of the quarter moon.

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