Valley Drive-In

This opened on May 1st, 1949. Valley drive in opening Fri, Apr 29, 1949 – 39 · Standard-Sentinel (Hazleton, Pennsylvania) · Newspapers.com

I just want to give a little quick on-the-spot correction here, having some first hand knowledge about the “Valley”. The Drive in theatre was constructed in 1948 and ran its last show at the end of the 1987 season. We did open late in 1977 when the wooden screen-tower was ripped down by a hurricane on Palm Sunday! I couldnt belive my eyes! We rebuilt it wiht steel and opened in June. The swimming pool was added in 1954 and outlasted the theatre by one year closing after the 1988 season. Not a bad run for a place that was built by one man and his wife. The stand and projection booth are still up and have been used as an electronics shop and now as a maintenance building. and the markee was converted to an electronic digital billboard. As for the pool it is in fact filled in. The bathhouses are still which were located at the base of the screen-tower. This structure was converted in to electronic shops and later apartments, I live on the top floor. Sincerely, Rogan IV

Yes Kenmore, you can see the concession stand/projection booth in the most current Google image. The pool’s been filled in but the changing rooms and snack bar were in the structure at the north end, and that building looks to still be there.