Prince Drive-In
4244 E. Wilshire Avenue,
Coolidge,
AZ
85128
4244 E. Wilshire Avenue,
Coolidge,
AZ
85128
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A slightly closer address is 4344 E Wilshire Ave, Coolidge, AZ.
Google Maps has updated their addresses and this puts it right where the projection booth use to be.
There is no trace of the drive-in remaining.
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Boxoffice, Nov. 24, 1951: “Long Enterprises has started construction work on three other Arizona drive-ins and also anticipates a December opening for this trio of outdoorers. The theatres are being built on the outskirts of Casa Grande, Coolidge and Eloy.”
Boxoffice, March 29, 1952: “COOLIDGE, ARIZ. – Roy Tharrington has been appointed manager of the new 440-car Prince Drive-In, just opened here by the Louis Long circuit. Constructed at the cost of $65,000, the ozoner is equipped with Altec sound and Century projection equipment.”
A house sits where the concession stand/projector booth once stood.
A 1963 aerial shows the drive-in intact and apparently operational. But a 1980 aerial shows the drive-in demolished with the screen and projection booth/concession stand gone.
We are seeking any pics of The Prince Drive-In. No one here in Coolidge has been able to get any for our history collection.