Sky High Drive-In
2415 Pennsylvania 257,
Cranberry,
PA
43056
2415 Pennsylvania 257,
Cranberry,
PA
43056
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The Sky High Drive-In was opened on July 3, 1948 with John Hall in “Kit Carson”. It was located at the intersections of US Route 322 and PA Route 257 in Cranberry, PA. In 1980, it was torn down to make way for the Cranberry Mall.
It was nothing elaborate. Unlike the Auto Drive-In, which was concrete, the Sky High was a metal frame covered with sheet metal on one side for a screen.
One of the people involved in the demolition of it told me it took two guys, one on each side to knock the bracing loose and let the screen fall over. The Carmike Cinemas at the Cranberry Mall sits roughly where the Sky High’s parking lot was (they have their own page on Cinema Treasures).
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In 1958 the drive-in was operated by the Kayton Amusement company.
Now if they would only fix the roof.
I have the SKY HIGH Drive-in parking 432 cars and in the late 50’s it was owned by Kayton Amusement Company.
Approx. address for this drive-in was 2415 Pennsylvania 257. Now Aldi Grocery NEXT to the mall. The drive-in was closer to the intersection of highways than where the mall stands.
The Sky-Hi (not Sky High) Drive-In opened its gates by the Kayton Entertainment Company under the management of R.S. Woodward of Franklin on July 3, 1948 with a one-day showing of John Hall in “Kit Carson” along with an unnamed cartoon and a newsreel. During intermission on grand opening, the management tested all of its car speakers by playing a handful of records which were then-current Top 40 hits.
The Kayton chain operated the Sky-Hi Drive-In until after the 1965 season. On March 31, 1966, shortly before the Sky-Hi reopening for the 1966 season, the Sky-Hi was sold to the DeMarsh Theatres chain of Grove City.