Blue Sky Drive-In
220 Foster Boulevard,
LaFayette,
GA
30728
220 Foster Boulevard,
LaFayette,
GA
30728
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The Blue Sky Drive-In was opened in January 1955 when it was operated by J.P. Edge. It was closed around 1982. This drive in is now the LaFayette Post Office. The actual location for this theatre was at the corner of Foster Boulevard and Lyle Jones Parkway.
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Closed around 1982, demolished in the mid-to-late-1980s.
The drive-in was still intact in 1982, but it’s difficult to tell if it was operational. By 1985, the drive-in was demolished. By 1993, the entire property had been razed which removed all traces of the drive-in.
Today, a post office sits on the southern part of the property.
All signs point to a 1955 opening.
Independent Film Journal, Jan. 22, 1955: “J. P. Edge scheduled opening of his new Blue Sky Drive-In at LaFayette, Ga. for around the 15th of Jan.”
Motion Picture Herald, April 30, 1955: “The Blue Sky drive-in, La Fayette, Ga., owned by J. P. Edge and Dr. T. A. Cochran, has opened. Wil-Kin Theatre Supply supplied the equipment.”
Motion Picture Exhibitor, June 8, 1955: “Dr. T. A. Cochran and John P. Edge, owners, Blue Sky Drive-In, La Fayette, Ga., feature 400-car capacity and a 100-foot screen.”
Boxoffice, June 1, 1970: “W. W. Fincher of Chatsworth … purchased the Blue Sky Drive-In at LaFayette in this state from Jim Maffett."