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1. "250,000 Drive-in Theater," ''Telegraph-Herald'', April 19, 1964, p. 16 | 1. "$250,000 Drive-in Theater," ''Telegraph-Herald'', April 19, 1964, p. 16 | ||
2. Cinema Treasures. Online: http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/47474 | 2. Cinema Treasures. Online: http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/47474 | ||
Revision as of 04:49, 2 December 2017
DRIVE-INS. Popular site of motion picture entertainment. Dubuque entered the drive-in business later than many communities. The Dubuque Drive-In opened in 1950.
Dubuque's second drive in, the Super 20, was built in 1964 by James N. Yiannias and his son N. J. YIANNIAS at an expected cost of $250,000. The owners stated that the theater could be accessed by the "new" Kennedy Road, University Avenue and Dodge Street. The 14-acre site offered a 110-foot screen, snack bar, and a kiddie's playground with a variety of equipment. It has one screen and a capacity of 600 cars. When it closed, the drive-in had two screens. (2) When KENNEDY MALL opened, Yiannias moved the drive-in west on Highway 20 and added a second screen. The theater was equipped with a 70mm projector, one of only a dozen used in outdoor theaters across the nation at the time and the only one in Iowa. The Super 20 Twin which opened when the Kennedy Mall opened was located at 14674 N Cascade Rd, Dubuque, IA 52003. In 2017 the area was a trailer park.
By 1984 the two Dubuque drive-ins were among fifty-one remaining in Iowa and an estimated 2,900 still in operation in the United States. The peak of the drive-in business came in 1958 when an estimated 4,063 were in operation.
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1. "$250,000 Drive-in Theater," Telegraph-Herald, April 19, 1964, p. 16
2. Cinema Treasures. Online: http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/47474