Knox Drive-In

205 Boyd Avenue,
Newcastle, WY 82701

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MichaelKilgore
MichaelKilgore on January 31, 2020 at 4:27 pm

In the 1956 Motion Picture Almanac, the drive-in’s name changed to the Wyo; it’s likely that it opened that way for the 1955 season. Seven years later…

Boxoffice, April 30, 1962: “Black Hills Amusement Co. has acquired the Wyo Drive-In at Newcastle, Wyo., from Wally O'Neill”

MichaelKilgore
MichaelKilgore on January 7, 2020 at 10:11 pm

Boxoffice, March 13, 1954: “Ted Knox has bought the Starlight Drive-In, Newcastle, Wyo., and has renamed it the Knox, as he is also doing with his other four drive-ins in the (Denver) territory. The Newcastle ozoner, with 350-car capacity, was bought from the Starlight Amusement Co.”

Boxoffice, Oct. 2, 1954: “Wally O'Neill, owner of the Vita, Spearfish, S. D., and Bud Lowell of Newcastle, Wyo., have bought the Knox Drive-In, Newcastle, from Ted Knox”

MichaelKilgore
MichaelKilgore on December 29, 2019 at 11:46 pm

Boxoffice, Aug. 23, 1952: “A windstorm damaged the screen and other installations at the Starlight Drive-In, Newcastle, Wyo. The wind was so strong that it not only blew away 15 speakers, but some of the speaker posts went along for the ride also.”

MichaelKilgore
MichaelKilgore on December 9, 2019 at 11:39 pm

Boxoffice, July 8, 1950: “The Starlight Investment Co. will open its new 300-car, $40,000 drive-in, the Starlight, at Newcastle, Wyo., about the middle of this month.”

Boxoffice, July 29, 1950: “The 200-car Starlight Drive-In, located about two miles south of the city on the highway toward Lusk, has been opened by B. J. Kearney, J. Edward Smith, Harry Henderson and E. Keith Thompson.”