Woodstock Drive-In
1851 North Boulevard,
Edmond,
OK
73003
1851 North Boulevard,
Edmond,
OK
73003
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The drive-in shows up well in a 1975 aerial. It was not much as all that is present are ramps, a fence, the screen, and a projection booth that looks too small to hold a proper snack bar and bathrooms.
By 1981, the fence was gone. It wouldn’t surprise me if it had closed by this time. The grass had grown over the ramps.
By 1991, it had been totally demolished with no trace of the drive-in remaining.
Today, Gracelawn Cemetery is on the property.
I wonder whether this note is related to the Woodstock.
Boxoffice, April 20, 1970: “EDMOND, OKLA. - A request for rezoning to allow construction of a drive-in theatre was denied here by members of the city planning commission last month.”
Boxoffice, Nov. 20, 1972: “In Oklahoma City to book product through Theatre Booking Service was Ron Turner of the Sunset Drive-In, Muskogee, and the Woodstock Drive-In, Edmond”
Boxoffice, June 14, 1976: “Edward Roupe is the new owner of the Woodstock Drive-In, Edmond. He purchased the ozoner from Jim O'Donnell and Ron Turner.”
Boxoffice, Aug. 2, 1976: “Ed Roupe, Woodstock Drive-In, Edmond, was in town (Oklahoma City) to consult with his booker, Jim O'Donnell, TBS, and visit UA’s exchange.”
Boxoffice, May 9, 1977: “James Barnet has leased the Woodstock Drive-In, Edmond, and is in the process of leasing the Hollis Drive-In in Hollis.”
The Woodstock was operating by August 1973, according to the results of a lawsuit reported by The Daily Oklahoman on May 29, 1974. The article said that a girl was injured at the drive-in on Aug. 5, 1973, and a judge later awarded her damages after she sued “Ronald Turner and James J. O'Donnell, doing business as Woodstock Drive-In Theater.”
The Sundown had been closed for years before the Woodstock surfaced in the 1980 edition of Motion Picture Almanac drive-in lists. The Woodstock had one of the briefest runs of any mentioned by the MPA, making its final appearance in the 1982 book. For its three years, it was shown with capacity 200, owner E. Roupe.
I remember seeing EVERY LITTLE CROOK AND NANNY here, and surely a few other things while attending what was then Central State University in Edmond.
Approx. address for this drive-in was 1801 N. Boulevard.
Thanks again Mike.
In 1956 there was a SUNDOWN DRIVE-In in Edmond that held 300 cars and was owned by J&J Hall.
This roadsideoklahoma link has several color photos of the former Woodstock Drive-In grounds,
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