Hills Drive-In
4025 E. Colorado Boulevard,
Spearfish,
SD
57783
4025 E. Colorado Boulevard,
Spearfish,
SD
57783
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Boxoffice, Nov. 17, 1951: “Bud Lovell and Bob Conners are building a 300-car drive-in at Spearfish, S. D., and getting it ready for a spring opening. They are equipping it with Motiograph booth equipment and Service Theatre Supply speakers, bought from Ted Knox”
Closed on August 18, 1985 with “Prizzi’s Honor” and “Revenge Of The Nerds”.
The Hills Drive-In Is Known To be A Popular Drive-In In Spearfish Showing First-Run Films, And Previously Was Used To Serve Church Services Throughout The 1960’s And The Half Of The 1970’s. It Is Still In Operation Since 1984.
Boxoffice, March 23, 1957: “Leonard Steele, owner of the Vida, Spearfish, and Wally O'Neil, owner of the Hills Drive-In there, are each building new homes in Spearfish.”
A good address (at least for Google) is 4025 E Colorado Blvd, Spearfish, SD 57783. Currently, the property is occupied by a business with no trace of the drive-in remaining. http://tinyurl.com/jtbktwn
Conceptualized as the Twin-City Drive-In Theatre between Spearfish and Deadwood, the theatre celebrated its grand opening on May 7, 1952 with “Treasure of Lost Canyon.” That December, however, a strong windstorm toppled the original screen. It was rebuilt easily in time for the 1953 season. The theatre is about where a Hills Pet Food Factory was in the mid-2010s on the opposite side of the road near the Black Hills Airport at 4025 E Colorado Blvd, Spearfish, SD 57783.
Hill’s Drive-In was still open in 1969. The last owner was Leonard Steele.