Marquette Outdoor Drive-In
US Highway 41 and Brebner Road E,
Negaunee,
MI
49866
US Highway 41 and Brebner Road E,
Negaunee,
MI
49866
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Located midway between Negaunee and Marquette, MI. Opened on August 20, 1954 with Charlton Heston in “Arrowhead”, operated by Evergreen Theatres. In 1955 the Marquette Outdoor Drive-In was operated by Arnold J. Keskitalo. It was closed on September 23, 1956.
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The drive-in must’ve been constructed shortly after the highway as a 1952 aerial shows nothing but trees in the area.
A 1981 aerial shows the drive-in demolished with a business located near where the projection booth/concession stand probably stood.
Property is currently home to Fabick CAT. Only the outline and hint of where some of the ramps once existed is all that remains.
The Herald-Palladium (St. Joseph MI), Sept. 22, 2014: “Evergreen Theatres Inc. - the same company operating the Evergreen Theatre west of Ishpeming - opened the Marquette Outdoor Theatre on Aug. 20, 1954. The movie playing that night was the 1953 western thriller "Arrowhead” starring Charlton Heston and Jack Palance … The Marquette Outdoor Theatre was built on 10 acres with room for 500 cars, a capacity that would rival Escanaba’s Hilltop Drive-In for tops in the U.P. … the Marquette Outdoor Theatre … quietly closed … on Sept. 23, 1956, just over two years since it opened … Today, the place where the theater stood is in the area of businesses along U.S. 41 that includes Tractor Supply Co. and Charter Communications."