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No Cal Main | Architecture
| Auto | Bowling
| Drive-ins | Eateries
With a snack bar very similar to the Burlingame's, the Coliseum Theatre is closed for movie purposes and now operates as a swap meet. The congestion in the parking lot was horrendous, to say the least. The drive-in opened up on December 22, 1961.
A cross between the Burlingame and the Geneva, the Solano Drive-in Theatre of Concord, CA originally opened on March 16, 1964 and is still operating as both a drive-in movie theatre and a swap meet.
UPDATE 05/06 : The Solano Drive-in showed its last movie in 2004. (See below as the drive-in reopened in 2007). 05-06
UPDATE 07/07 : The Solano Drive-in re-opened in Spring 2007. One screen reopened on May 4, 2007 and the second screen is re-opening soon. Many thanks to Angelica Rodriguez, Donald Smith, Greg McDaniel, Jen Niemotka, Richard Rangel, Scott Carlisle, and Terry Minton for update. 07-07
One of the Syufy operated drive-ins, the Capitol Drive-in Theatre of San Jose was bustling on another weekend swap meet day.
UPDATE 01/09 : The Capitol 6 Drive-in is now owned by West Wind Drive-in and continues to show movies. The Capitol 6 has been open since May 25, 1971. 01-09
Here are two photos of the old El Rancho Drive-In Theatre located on Hickey Blvd. in South San Francisco. In 1980, I tore down this drive-in for Home Savings & Loan Association and 92 townhouses were built on the old site. Briarcliffe, as it is now known has taken the place of this Drive-In landmark. Notice the home that is built into the screen. It was a long, narrow, two-story building….I assume the owners lived in it during its heyday. The snack-bar was subterranean so the cars could see over it! The original drive in was graded and built around 1949. Photos and info courtesy Mike Manlick.
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