Tahoe Drive-In
1340 Glenwood Way,
South Lake Tahoe,
CA
96150
1340 Glenwood Way,
South Lake Tahoe,
CA
96150
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When this drive-in was built in the 1950s, it stood alone in a totally undeveloped area more than a mile from US Hwy 50, the local artery. A long, unpaved road with frequent signage directed you to the theatre “way out in nowhere.” That long dirt road eventually was paved and named Glenwood Way, now serving the large residential area which ultimately contributed to the drive-in’s end.
The theatre had a 2-story yellow-and-white frame building at the rear of the lot which housed the snack bar and rest rooms downstairs plus the projection booth upstairs. Arson vandals destroyed the closed theatre’s building.
A new huge “McMansion” has been built privately on the drive-in site and is rented-out to large groups.
Here’s more:
https://www.laketahoenews.net/2013/03/then-and-now-movies-at-the-old-drive-in/