Big A Drive-In
3001 Kilborne Drive,
Charlotte,
NC
28205
3001 Kilborne Drive,
Charlotte,
NC
28205
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Previously operated by: Dixie Drive-In Theatres
Previous Names: Albemarle Road Drive-In
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The Albermarle Road Drive-In opened on September 29, 1949 with Rod Cameron in “The Plunderers”. It was operated by Harris Robinson and Dixie Drive-In Theatres Ct. On September 21, 1973 it was renamed the Big A Drive-In when the road name was changed to Central Avenue. It was closed on November 7, 1976 with Robert De Niro in “Taxi Driver” & Dustin Hoffman in “Straw Dogs”.
It has since been demolished. A church now operates on the site.
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Recent comments (view all 14 comments)
we lived down the street behind the theater, so we saw a lot of free movies……
Man, i would ave loved to be that close to a Drive-in. Have a friend here in Augusta and the WEIS DRIVE-In supplied entertainment for a whole row of houses. During the summer, families would set up yard chairs and enjoy the movies and he said for the most part you could hear fine.
It was actually called the Albemarle Rd Drive-in even though Albemarle Rd was about a mile or so away.
Until recently, 2009, the perimeter aluminum fence still stood next to the church.
This is the first place I ever saw the Beatles in a short film just before they made it big. I was 7 or 8.
This was before the film “A Summer Place”
1991 goggle aerial
Approx. address for this drive-in was 3001 Kilborne Drive.
Was the A short for Albermarle?
Calvary Christian Church of the Apostolic Faith now occupies the site.
Renamed Big A Drive-In effective September 21st, 1973.
Per comments above, now Calvary Church @ 3001 Kilborne Dr.
Please update.
Closed on November 7, 1976 with “Taxi Driver” and “Straw Dogs”. The Big A is also one of a very few family-oriented drive-in theaters in the area.