Duke City Drive-In
2701 Carlisle Boulevard NE,
Albuquerque,
NM
87107
2701 Carlisle Boulevard NE,
Albuquerque,
NM
87107
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davidcoppock, I found your answer:
“The city was named for the viceroy of New Spain from 1653 to 1660, Don Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, the Duke of Alburquerque. The first ‘r’ in the spelling of the title was subsequently dropped, but it’s named after a Spanish duke, thus ‘Duke City’.”
The title photo is fascinating in that the marquee is an exact copy of Fort Worth’s Parkaire Drive-In Theatre, with just a few minor exceptions! The Parkaire opened a year before the Duke City, and the marquee’s colors was a dark green body with a golden yellow arrow. Would anyone here know or remember the Duke City’s colors? Thanks, all!
Boxoffice, Feb. 11, 1963: “Video Independent Theatres has purchased the Terrace and Duke City drive-ins in Albuquerque. The same organization also has taken over the Wyoming Drive-In, also in Albuquerque”
Why the name Duke City?
Opened with late World news, 2 colour cartoons(“Wet paint” and “Bath day), "Best of the badmen”, and “Passage west”.
A closer address (at least for Google) is 2701 Carlisle Blvd NE, Albuquerque, NM. Currently, a Wal-Mart sits on the property with no trace of the drive-in remaining. http://tinyurl.com/j7uvc7p
This opened on February 17th, 1953. Its grand opening ad in the photo section.