Valley Drive-In
5580 Beaver Creek Road,
Port Alberni,
BC
V9Y
5580 Beaver Creek Road,
Port Alberni,
BC
V9Y
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The Valley Drive-In opened in the early-1950’s at the corner of Beaver Creek Road and Pierce Road, with one screen and a 300-car capacity.
The Valley Drive-In was a seasonal operation, running from about mid-April to the Labor Day weekend in September. Famous Players, which owned the Valley Drive-In, closed the theatre in 1981 due to trouble with rowdiness by some teenage patrons. Despite its closure, the drive-in screen remained standing for a few more years before being demolished, and the theatre’s concession building remained for several more years thereafter before it was also removed when the drive-in site was redeveloped for housing.
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in 1956 it went by BEAVER VALLEY.parking 400 cars.and owned by H.E. WARREN and F.P.C.C. Mark….
Are there any photos of this Drive-in in existence from when it was operating?
1980 aerial photo added, the concession building was demolished sometime after 1990.
The Valley Drive-In’s concession stand was still standing when I shot some photos of it in 1994 in its abandoned state. I’ll post those photos as soon as I can digitize them.
The only remaining trace of the drive-in is the foundation for the screen posts.