Pawnee Drive-In

2400 South Broadway Street,
Wichita, KS 67211

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davidcoppock
davidcoppock on November 5, 2022 at 11:30 am

The site is now an Advance Motor Sales store, Subway, and a Walmart store.

dallasmovietheaters
dallasmovietheaters on November 5, 2022 at 10:01 am

Operators Woody Barritt and Al McClure left Fox Midwest to operate this venue. They closed it on August 13, 1972 with John Wayne in “The Cowboys” and Dick Van Dyke in “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.” The pair auctioned off the the remnants of the drive-in to raze the Rainbow Drive-In in favor of the rebuilt Landmark Twin Drive-In (later Starlite).

rivest266
rivest266 on April 1, 2021 at 6:36 pm

Grand opening ad posted.

rivest266
rivest266 on January 28, 2021 at 11:18 am

Last season: 1972

Lyndon
Lyndon on April 4, 2015 at 7:56 am

Here are some memories of the Pawnee.

Drive-In 54
Drive-In 54 on November 23, 2013 at 8:57 am

I uploaded the screen tower picture for the non-Facebook users.

Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on November 18, 2013 at 3:26 pm

The Pawnee Drive-In was designed by Wichita architect Homer K. Brunk, as noted in his entry in the 1962 AIA directory.

kwilkin1962
kwilkin1962 on September 11, 2013 at 11:35 pm

The Pawnee opened on July 4, 1950. It’s first movie was “Red River”, starring John Wayne.