Skyway Drive-In

1125 Rosewood Drive,
Columbia, SC 29201

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50sSNIPES
50sSNIPES on October 31, 2021 at 2:00 pm

The Skyway Drive-In held onto a huge amount of incidents during 1975 where a robbery took place including action with a pistol, and in 1977 and 1978 when the theater took all for suitings and claimants.

After closing for a few years beginning in 1977 due to the ownership and the theater filing a suiting, the theater reopened in 1981 but after just 2 years on running mostly not-so-suitable drive-in fare, it closed again, this time for the final time in 1983.

rivest266
rivest266 on September 2, 2017 at 11:25 am

This opened on July 10th, 1949. Grand opening ad in the photo section.

jwmovies
jwmovies on November 30, 2012 at 3:48 pm

Approx. address for this drive-in was 1125 Rosewood Drive.

CharlieCoates
CharlieCoates on November 26, 2012 at 7:35 am

It was open in 1975 when I graduated from USC Law School. When I returned to Columbia in 1977, it was gone.

cccmoviehouses
cccmoviehouses on August 5, 2012 at 6:37 pm

The Skyway I am told by long time Columbians was located right across from the SC State Fairgrounds on Rosewood Dr.

Ret. AKC (NAC) CCC Bob Jensen, Manteno, Illinois
Ret. AKC (NAC) CCC Bob Jensen, Manteno, Illinois on July 8, 2010 at 6:03 am

Open 1950-1985?

I know it was open in 1967 and was listed as Sky Way.

It was located near train tracks, if that helps?

Anyone know anything about a Skyway Annex Drive-In 1955?

Could use an address, more info and photos!