Bel-Air Drive-In

3504 Janes Avenue,
Saginaw, MI 48601

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Additional Info

Previously operated by: National Amusements

Architects: Alvin W. Seeley

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Bel-Air Drive-In exterior

The Bel-Air Drive-In opened in April of 1945. The ozoner listed capacity at 1,000 cars with a single screen. First operated by Ashmum Theatres and later by National Amusements. According to the info the drive-in closed in September 1986. It has since been demolished.

Contributed by Chuck

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TenPoundHammer
TenPoundHammer on May 11, 2011 at 1:44 pm

Address is Janes Avenue, not “Jasmes”.

The drive-in is still a vacant lot.

chanmis
chanmis on October 21, 2016 at 1:21 pm

great memories wish can bring back to saginaw fun as a kid in the seventies hide in the trunk to sneak in fun

MichaelKilgore
MichaelKilgore on January 9, 2020 at 8:20 pm

The May 14, 1955 issue of Boxoffice ran a story with photos on the recently opened Bel-Air. “The entire theatre is enclosed with a high fence of transite set in the ground with steel poles and concrete. The giant screen is 70x100 feet.”

MichaelKilgore
MichaelKilgore on April 28, 2021 at 12:10 pm

Boxoffice, Feb. 22, 1960: “William Sarchet has purchased the interest of Alvin Seeley in the Twilite Theatre Co., which owns and operates the Twilite and Bel-Air drive-in theatres at Saginaw. Sarchet thus becomes half owner, effective March 1, with Ashmum Theatres owning the other half.”

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