Skyline Drive-in
314 Old Youngstown Road,
New Castle,
PA
16116
314 Old Youngstown Road,
New Castle,
PA
16116
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CORRECTION: The Skyline Opened Its Gates On July 26, 1947 With Dorothy Lamour In “Rainbow Island” With No Extras.
A more accurate address for this theater is 314 Old Youngstown Road, New Castle PA 16116. This is across the street from the address above. Now Book and Process Well Drilling. Some ramps are still visible behind the building.
Please update.
The New Castle News had a story about the Skyline in 2013. It said the Warren family owned it from 1949-77. They “sold the Skyline in 1977 to Cinemette Theaters, which operated it for its final few seasons.”
Much more of course:
http://www.ncnewsonline.com/news/local_news/former-skyline-drive-in-was-an-integral-part-of-parkstown/article_5613fe75-fd45-55a0-ad3e-757d6edcc23e.html
Just uploaded an aerial from 1958
I remember the revolving light from the airport too. I always thought it added to the ambiance of the drive in.
Riley’s Fun Spot was the place you were refering to. It had a driving range, batting cages, miniture golf, and an ice cream stand. Unfortunately it is now gone too. It was a lot of fun in it’s day. There was even a bowling alley that was right there next to the drive in. That too is gone. It burnt down. Very sorry to see it all go.
I’m sad to see that there aren’t more comments here, I was so thrilled to see the listing and fondly remember the drive in as a “HIGH-SCHOOL” FUN SPOT on weekends with friends! I do remember the problematic revolving airport beacon. reading that comment put a smile on my face.Thank you!
The address closest to the site of the Drive-In that registers on Google Maps is 285 Old Youngstown Road, Edinburg, PA
No, I live down in Pittsburgh, but I still visit New Castle often because I have lots of family there.
Orange bug: do you still live in the New Castle area?
Nice to see that someone other than just me remembers the Super Castle! It would be great if anyone had a photo of the screen that had the turrets on each side.
The Skyline was a pretty bare-bones operation compared to the nicer Super Castle nearby.
The screen tower was on a direct sight line with the New Castle Airport a couple miles away. The revolving searchlight at the airport was a challenge while watching the movies…if you were actually watching the movies :–) I’m confident that I am not alone with my memories of romantic pursuits, which were part of the “right of passage†for teenagers in the 50’s and 60’s at drive-in theatres.
I have some good photos of what’s left of the drive in. I’ll post them as soon as CT starts accepting photos again
1707 Audley Ave. might be where the owner lived, but the drive in definitely was not there. I grew up a few blocks from that address, and it is all residential. The Skyline was on Old Youngstown Rd. right near New Castle Airport.
Just visited what is left of the drive in. The only things left are the concession stand and the projection building. Both are in a severe state of decay. The projection building has no roof and practically no walls. Both projectors are still there. One is laying on it’s side, the other is still facing to where the screen was.
It was on Old Youngstown Rd. In an area called Parkstown. That area had everything fun to do. It had the drive in, a bowilng alley, go carts, a roller rink, a nature park and a place called Riley’s Fun Spot. Riley’s had miniture golf, a driving range, batting cages, and an ice cream shop. This was definitely the place to be when I was growing up.