Cairo Drive-In
N. Main Street and Mill Creek Drive,
Fuquay Varina,
NC
27526
N. Main Street and Mill Creek Drive,
Fuquay Varina,
NC
27526
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The Exhibitor, Jan. 27, 1954: “The Five Points Drive-In, Fuquay Springs, N. C., changed hands and now is being operated as the Cairo Drive-In, with the new owners and operators being Mack Weeks and William Lipscomb, who inaugurated extensive renovations and repairs, added a marquee and rest rooms, installed new fencing, and planted new shrubbery. The drive-in will be operated only on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday nights until April 1.”
Boxoffice, May 2, 1960: “James M. Bullock took over ownership of the Cairo Drive-In, Fuquay Springs as of April 17”
From my many drives thru town,there is a brick building on main st,,that sure looks like a former theater .
The Cairo Drive-In was open as early as 1950, since it is clearly visible on aerial photos from 1950.
Also, this was originally called the 5 Points Drive-In, due to the proximity of the intersection of NC-55, NC-42, and US 401, known locally as “5 Points.”
Film Daily Yearbook also refers to the drive-in in Fuquay Springs (now called Fuquay Varnia) as 5 Points Drive-In, from 1950 to 1955, after which time it is referred to as Cairo Drive-In in all yearbooks going forward, with no further mention of 5 Points Drive-In after 1955.
The approximate location of this drive-in was on N Main St. east of Mill Creek Dr. Look for Cinema Dr. in Fuquay Varina.
The town of Fuquay (Springs?) merged with the adjoining town of Varina over fifty years ago and is now Fuquay-Varina. Fuquay-Varina and its predecessor towns were/are in the southern tip of Wake County where US 401 South (Main Street in F-V) intersects with NC Highway 42. The closest operating cinemas to Fuquay-Varina are two Regal multiplexes: the White Oak Stadium 14 in Garner and the Beaver Creek Cinemas in Apex. The Fuquay-Varina area is rapidly growing and may eventually get its own multiplex, possibly before the eastern Wake County towns of Wendell, Zebulon (which aren’t growing fast enough to warrant a multiplex) or Knightdale (which was promised a multiplex years ago but it never materialized).