Q-Twin East Drive-In
5580 S. 120th Street,
Omaha,
NE
68137
5580 S. 120th Street,
Omaha,
NE
68137
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Closed at the 15-year opt out point of its lease in 1986.
Grand opening ad:
Q Twin Drive-In opening 01 Jul 1961, Sat Omaha World-Herald (Omaha, Nebraska) Newspapers.com
Demolished in Mid-1988.
The site was not part of a golf course originally (built in 1967), which was just a 9 hole site. It expanded to 18 holes in 1968. The drive-in ended up being a site for a couple of dozen houses. Long after the drive-in was demolished, a developer did a major renovation of the course moving the back 9 in 2004. Those are the holes you see today.
There was a regular theater just north facing Q St.
The “Q” stood for the intersection in which all cars had to pass to get to the main road. That was the intersection of 120th St. and Q St., which was just north of the drive-in.
Opened with “Gone with the wind” and Battle at Bloody Beach". Site is now possibly a golf course? Does the Q stand for anything?
props well earned as being more original&coolest. However,even before it closed there have been those who need to reiterate? By saying it’s the best that THEY experienced in Omaha? Wasn’t all that rare to see line begin to form 4 or 5hrs before gates opened for beautiful nights predicted&expected?SKY VIEW still considered among most&more beautiful in country.
1974 print ad as Q Twin-East added courtesy of Richard Thies.
Saw many movies here in the late 70s and early 80s. Not sure when it was demolished, but I watched the area being landscaped in 1989.
I worked there around the summer of 1984. Ass’t Mgr and got to run the projectors a couple of nights a week. They had, in addition to the modern platter projectors, a pair of the old Carbon Arc projectors still in place for each screen. They used a welding rod type of light element and had to be fired up manually. Never got to see them run but they were extremely cool.
Approx. address for this drive-in was 5580 S 120th St. that was the entrance. The screens were SE of this location.
This was the best drive-in in town back in the day. I remember seeing “An American Werewolf in London” there back in ‘81 and almost wetting my pants!
Theater Houses ‘Round Town Omaha World-Herald (NE) – Sunday, June 16, 1985
“Q Twin East and West
120th and Q Streets, 895 – 4838. Two screens. March through October. Tickets are $3.75 per person; children younger than 13 free except for Disney films and other special engagements."
In February 1986, this area was remote enough to host viewings of Halley’s Comet. (Little light pollution)
This opened on July 1st, 1961. The grand opening ad has been posted here.
This drive-in had two screens. The entrance was at the top of a large hill. If you went to the northwest there was a screen, likewise to the southeast. If you didn’t like the movie you were watching, all you had to do was walk to the top of the hill where you could see both at the same time. You could see the huge screen with its black background and white letters saying Q-Twin for miles around on the Interstate right next to it. It was torn down and the land was made into a gated community of 20 houses(how sad).