Central 70 Drive-In
120 Stead Road,
Albany,
WA
6330
120 Stead Road,
Albany,
WA
6330
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Located in the Centennial Park suburb in the north of Albany, it was operated by Albany Investments Pty. Ltd. The Central 70 Drive-In opened on 26th December 1964 with Hayley Mills in “Summer Magic”, and “Gladiators 7”. It was called Central 70 because it was the most centrally located of the three drive-in’s in Albany and and the only one in Albany to have 70mm projection facilities. The Central 70 Drive-In closed on 10th February 1983 with “The Beastmaster” plus “Kill and Kill Again”. The equipment was sold to City Theatres and installed in the Beechline Drive-In in Ballajura.
The land was sold and sub-divided for an industrial estate. The drive-in site is now a go-kart track track(Gt karting,and ten pin bowling(separate building on site?)opened ?). The drive-in reopened on September 25, 2016 screening classic movies. It was closed on April 28, 2019 with River Phoenix in “Running on Empty” & Michael J. Fox in “Back to the Future”.
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The website has the address as 120 Stead Road.
The go kart track has closed down been cleared away(in march 2019?). The drive-in section will close on 30/4/2019. The site has been sold(except for the ten pin bowling building). Who bought the site unknown?
Closes on 28/4/2019 with “Running on empty” and “Back to the future”. The site is going to be demolished, except for the ten pin bowling building(owned by the drive-in).
The snack bar and projector box building has been demolished, except for the floor. The light poles are still there too. The entrance and exit roads(and possibly the ramps too?) are still there too. The ten pin bowling is still there too(and being used too).
Looks like the screen was stacked on top of shipping containers.
Yes, i think your right Kennerado.
The screen(when reopened) was put over to the right hand side of the ramps, so the headlights from the cars going to and from the ten pin bowling building next door, would not interfere with the movie screenings on the screen.
480 cars, plus a 180 cars(possiby less cars when realigned for the reopening in 2016?). Exhibitor was Albany Investments P/L(1964 to ?), Orana Holdings P/L (? to 1983). The Siemiginkwski family brought out Orana Holdings in 1983 and closed the drive-in.
Correction 48o cars plus 180 seats.
The snack bar and bio box has been(and screen and ramps?) has been demolished.