Elevate Chama Drive-In

555 US Highway 64/84,
Chama, NM 87520

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Kenmore
Kenmore on August 15, 2022 at 9:37 pm

555 US Highway 64 works for Google Maps, it puts the marker almost right on the screen.

MichaelKilgore
MichaelKilgore on August 15, 2022 at 4:59 pm

Now an organization called Elevate Chama is in charge of the drive-in, which is still active. It has a Facebook presence, and its main web page says that the drive-in’s address is 555 US Highway 64/84.

MichaelKilgore
MichaelKilgore on June 7, 2022 at 5:17 pm

It’s time to change the Chama Drive-In’s status to active. As I type, it’s selling tickets for Jurassic World: Dominion for Thursday-Sunday nights in the next two weeks, and there’s every indication shows will continue the rest of the summer.

Kenmore
Kenmore on April 19, 2022 at 1:18 pm

Given that the ad describes it as the “old Charma Drive-In”, that indicates it is closed. Especially since there is no “new” Charma theater around.

This happened in Enid, Oklahoma a few years ago when a long-closed drive-in had a movie shown on its screen shortly before it was torn down.

MichaelKilgore
MichaelKilgore on April 18, 2022 at 11:11 pm

Is this drive-in active? Darned if I know, but I see that the Chama Valley Chamber of Commerce held a Scare-Fest triple feature there on Oct. 31, 2021.

Also, this is one of several mentions I’ve seen calling this the “Chama Drive-In.” Maybe CT could add that as an alternate name?

MichaelKilgore
MichaelKilgore on December 14, 2021 at 1:32 pm

Thanks to help from the great folks at the New Mexico Department of Transportation, I have one more data point. I’ve uploaded a photo showing that Kelly’s was intact, apparently open, in October 1961.