Rio Rey Drive-In
1223 W. Main Street,
Jerome,
ID
83338
1223 W. Main Street,
Jerome,
ID
83338
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The Rio Rey Drive-In was opened on June 11, 1955 with Randolph Scott in “Riding Shotgun” & Armand & Michaela Denis in “Below the Sahara”. It was operated by the Harris-Voeller company in the early-1960’s. It was closed in 1967. Capacity was 350 cars.
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The Rio Rey was still open in the mid-1970’s.
Looks like part of it was a used car lot, it can be seen on Google Street view in 2012, they also used the old ticket building (which was large!) as their office. The ticket building was there until at least 2015, the site has now been redeveloped into a gas station/road house.
Boxoffice, Jan. 29, 1955: “Austin Kennedy, who took over the Jerome (Ida.) Drive-In from Harry Harris, is getting some competition. Irving H. Harris will open an ozoner at the other end of the town”
Boxoffice, June 25, 1955: “JEROME, IDA. – The Rio Rey Drive-In which opened here recently features the only drive-in screen of solid aluminum in Idaho, according to Manager Walter M. Harris, who supervised construction of the airer.”
Actually closed in 1967.
Boxoffice, DEc. 25, 1954: “JEROME, IDA. - Construction has begun on a 400-car airer near here under the supervision of I. H. Harris, head of the Harris-Voeller circuit. According to Roy Hardy, manager of the Voeller-Harris local Voris Theatre, the drive-in will be opened in the spring and will feature the latest in sound and projection equipment. The builders also operate four other drive-ins. They are located at Burley and Buhl, Ida., and Logan, Utah, which has two.”