Sunset Drive-In

1633 N. Carbonville Road,
Price, UT 84501

Closed
1 screen
260 cars

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Kenmore
Kenmore on September 15, 2019 at 9:32 am

A 2008 Google Street view shows the screen still standing and in decent shape. Apart from the outline and ramps, there is nothing else left of the drive-in.

The drive-in seems to have closed by 1968. By the following year, an aerial photo shows the concession stand/projector booth had been demolished.

dallasmovietheaters
dallasmovietheaters on September 15, 2019 at 5:40 am

Launched March 31, 1950 with “The Fighting Man of the Plains” and a Mighty Mouse cartoon

NYozoner
NYozoner on December 27, 2016 at 8:29 am

The Price Motor Vu and the Sunset Drive-In were two completely different drive-ins.

The Motor Vu was located inside city limits at 710 E Main, Price, UT 84501. The drive-in is visible on the Historic Aerials website using 1962-72 imagery. Now occupied by C J’s Do it Center Hardware Store. The Motor Vu could accommodate 350 cars according to the 1962 International Motion Picture Almanac. The Motor Vu began being listed in various theatre catalogs in 1955.

The Sunset was located west of Price, on the way to Carbonville, at 1633 N Carbonville Rd, Price, UT 84501. The Sunset could hold 260 cars according to the 1962 International Motion Picture Almanac. The Sunset began being listed in theatre catalogs in 1950.

In 1962-65 IMPA catalogs both drive-ins were listed as being owned by a Joe Santi.