Lake Drive-In
8477 State Route 703,
Celina,
OH
45822
8477 State Route 703,
Celina,
OH
45822
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Previously operated by: Chakeres Theaters Inc.
Previous Names: St. Marys Drive-In
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The St. Marys Drive-In was opened June 11, 1948 with Ronald Reagan in “Stallion Road”. It was operated throughout its life by Chakeres Theaters Inc. At opening it had a capacity for 500 cars. Chakeres Theatres Lake Drive-In was still in operation in the early-2000’s, but could be fixed a little better (some TLC). Chakeres Theatres Lake Drive-In played first-run movies if Chakeres Theatres Celina Cinema 5 has no room for it and sometimes Lake Drive-In played movies that have played at Cinema 5. Chakeres Theatres Lake Drive-In opened in late-May and was closed for the season in early-August and it opened Friday, Saturday and Sunday throughout the season, never 7 days. It was closed permanently in 2011.
It became a truck & trailer sales site and the concession/projection building has been demolished. The screen still stands.
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This is no longer on the Chakeres website, therefore it is closed.
June 11,1948 grand opening ad
You tube interview before the drive-in closed
Opened on 11/6/1948 with “Stallion Road” and “Her lucky night”.
Looks like it’s in pretty good shape and could be re-opened.
Looks like its being used as a parking lot for Midwest Logistics Systems but the drive-in still seems intact.
Chakeres closed Lake Drive - In in 2011. When the property was cleared and repurposed for commercial fleet logistics and trailer sales, the center of the lot had to be entirely leveled:What was removed: The speaker posts, the elevated parking ramps, and the central concession stand/projection booth building were demolished to create a flat, open gravel-and-asphalt lot suited for maneuvering massive semi-trucks and trailers.What remains: The towering main screen structure at the front of the lot and the distinct roadside marquee boundary footprint are the only major pieces of theater infrastructure that were preserved.