Bison Drive-In
501 US-83,
McCook,
NE
69001
501 US-83,
McCook,
NE
69001
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Previous Names: McCook Drive-In
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Opened on July 1, 1950 as the McCook Drive-In screening “Oh You Beautiful Doll” starring Mark Stevens. The name change to the Bison Drive-In took place by 1966. The car capacity was 350 and the drive-in was still listed as open in the late-1970’s.
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The address for this Drive-in is 501 US-83, McCook, NE 69001.
The entrance road though barely visible is next to the McDonald’s parking lot.
Please update.
Motion Picture Herald, March 7, 1953: “Merle Swank and Don Phillips have bought the McCook drive-in, McCook, Neb., from Hankey and Giddings.”
Same drive-in? Boxoffice, Jan. 7, 1950: “Lem Lee, Paul Rothman, R. C. Otwell … will have ready for a spring opening a 400-car, $75,000 drive-in at McCook, Neb."
How about this one? Boxoffice, July 1, 1950: “Bill Hanke has opened his 400-car $50,000 drive-in at McCook, Neb.”
Boxoffice, March 7, 1953: “Merle Swank and Don Phillips, owners of a drive-in at Longmont, have bought the McCook (Neb.) Drive-In from Hankey & Giddings.”
Boxoffice, June 6, 1966: “Carlin Smith of Cheyenne, Wyo., has sold the Bison Drive-In, McCook, Neb., to Ron Schaffer and John Hubert.”
The McCook Drive-In Theatre launched July 1, 1950 with “Oh, You Beautiful Doll.”