Y Drive-In
15790 Arizona 87,
Eloy,
AZ
85131
15790 Arizona 87,
Eloy,
AZ
85131
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I’m guessing someone at Boxoffice got a wire crossed about this name, since the reliable 1955-56 Theatre Catalog still listed Eloy’s drive-in as the “Y”.
Boxoffice, March 15, 1952: “Newest link in the expanding chain of Long Enterprises in Arizona is the Prince Drive-In … the organization also operates the King Drive-In in Eloy”
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.”
The Y Drive-In in Eloy was included in the 1952 Theatre Catalog.
The 1952-53 Motion Picture Almanac included, under Elroy (sic) Arizona, the Elroy Drive-In. It was gone in the next edition, then the Y was included in the 1955 MPA, again under the misspelled “Elroy”.
The MPA kept the Y listed through at least the 1967 edition, eventually fixing the town’s spelling. For 1969, the Eloy drive-in’s name changed to “Dust Bowle”, with the added E, and it stayed that way through 1976. For the 1977 edition, when the MPA re-researched its list, Eloy showed no active drive-in.
The Dust Bowl was the name of Eloy’s indoor theater. Maybe the MPA got confused?