Rubles Drive-In
518 W. Mount Vernon Boulevard,
Mount Vernon,
MO
65712
518 W. Mount Vernon Boulevard,
Mount Vernon,
MO
65712
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A closer address is 518 W Mt Vernon Blvd, Mt Vernon, MO.
This address lines up where the entrance to the drive-in used to be.
After closing, the drive-in was still intact in 1996, but had been demolished by 2005.
Today, L&M Tire and Auto sits on the former entrance road, but the outline and ramps of the drive-in are still quite prominent.
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Jesse “Jess” Ruble opened the new-build Ruble’s Drive-In Theatre on May 1, 1964. The Rubles had purchased the Rollers Airway Drive-In equipment which was further demolished for the 1-44 onramp. Mother nature had taken care of the screen tower that closed that operation on May 26, 1963. The Ruble’s operation lasted to the end of its 30-year leasing agreement.
Closed after the 1993 season.
“MOUNT VERNON, MO. – Ralph Roller has sold his interest in Roller’s Airway Drive-In here to his partner Elson Roller. The drive-in will be operated this summer by Elson and his wife.” — BoxOffice, Jan. 31, 1953
The address that jwmovies gave of 802 West Mount Vernon is the correct address. The drive-in had a capacity for 200 cars. Kisted as open in 1954 as the Rollers Airway Drive-In. By 1968 it was called the Rubles Drive-In. Th theatre was still listed as open in the late-1980’s.
Above address is incorrect. Approx. address for this drive-in was 802 West Mount Vernon Boulevard. Part of Davis St. was the entrance. though barely visible, some ramps are still there.