Westlake Drive-In
6275 W. 10th Street,
Indianapolis,
IN
46224
6275 W. 10th Street,
Indianapolis,
IN
46224
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First night: 28 April 1950-Final night: 26 September 1982.
Ruth and Ernest Voight ran the amusement center complete with small amusement park, swimming pool, Westlake Dance Terrace, and Westlake Drive-in Theatre. The roots of the center date back to 1931 when Ernest Voight opened Westlake Beach and added the dance terrace in 1935. The drive-in was added on April 28th, 1950 operating through the 1981 season closing October 4, 1981 with “The Jerk” and “The Blues Brothers.” The ozoner was actually the last remaining item that existed in the amusement complex at that date. The Westlake Drive-In was demolished and replaced with a shopping center.
Opened with “Inspector General” and “Angels in disguise”.
This opened on April 28th, 1950 at 960 N. Highschool Road according to its grand opening ad. It must have it address changed when the I 465 was built. Grand opening ad in the phot section.
The playground equipment from Westlake ended up at Monrovia Elementary School. My dad, when he was principal there, called up the owner when it closed down and asked what she was going to do with the playground equipment. She said that she hadn’t thought about it, and gave it to him for free. She kept one of the two circular slides for her grandkids, and everything else she donated. His little rural school ended up with one of the best playgrounds in the state. It just goes to show, it never hurts to ask.
Just posted a aerial showing the location of it. That address was before expressway was built. Hope that clears that up!
My 1956 Motion Picture Almanac has it parking 1700 cars quite a jump and was owned by E.Bell.
There are images of related memorabilia on this theater’s gallery page at Drive-ins.com: http://www.drive-ins.com/gallery/intwes2