22nd Street Drive-In
1401 S. Belvedere Avenue,
Tucson,
AZ
85711
1401 S. Belvedere Avenue,
Tucson,
AZ
85711
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The 22nd Street Drive-In was open in May 1954 with Walt Disney’s True Life Adventure “The Living Desert” & Dorothy McGuire in “Make Haste to Live”. Car capacity was listed at 450 cars. It was operated by Fox West Coast Theatres followed by Mann Theatres. The drive-in closed in 1979 and was demolished the same year.
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This opened on June 2nd, 1954.
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In about 1954, the 22nd Street Drive-In claimed to have the largest CinemaScope screen in the world.
Goggle Earth 1992
Boxoffice, May 15, 1954: “J. Harry Agron has opened his 600-car 22nd Street Drive-In in Tucson”
Opened on 30/5/1954 with “The living Desert”, “Ben and me” and “Make haste to live”.
Outline and faint remnants of ramps can still be seen by satellite view. An Arizona Autism Charter School sits on a portion of the property.
Also opened with the Disney featurette “Ben and Me”.
A closer address is 1380 S Belvedere Ave, Tucson, AZ.
Google Maps has updated their addresses and this puts it right on the property.
In addition to the outline and ramps, the screen foundation is still there.
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