Don Drive-In
2318 N. MacArthur Drive,
Alexandria,
LA
71303
2318 N. MacArthur Drive,
Alexandria,
LA
71303
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A closer address is 2318 N MacArthur Drive, Alexandria, LA.
Google Maps has updated their addresses and this puts it right on the property.
By 1962, the drive-in had been demolished as the screen and projection booth/concession stand are gone. It appears the the drive-in closed at least a couple years earlier. The drive-in was long gone by the time the Showtown Drive-In opened, which was a quarter-mile to the north.
Over the decades, the area has been used to park trailers and other items.
Today, the property is still open and you can see the outline and ramps. However, building a new drive-in there would be problematic given the number of power poles and power lines that crisscross the property.
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The Fox Drive-In Theatre was named after its operator, Billy “Fox” Johnson who raced with the Joy Drive-In to see who could open first. Billy and the Fox won opening July 7, 1949 with “A Date With Judy” while the Joy opened months later in November.
In 1957, the operators of the downtown Don Theatre took on the Fox and renamed it the Don Drive-In. The theatre lasted into the video age.