Buena Park Drive In Theater (site) (Anaheim, California)

USA / California / Cypress / Anaheim, California / Lincoln Avenue, 6540
 cinema, drive-in/ drive-through, historical layer / disappeared object
Buena Park / Lincoln Drive-In
6540 Lincoln Ave.
Buena Park, CA 90620

Original site of the Cina-Car drive-in, with 375 parking spaces; opened May 16, 1949.
In 1955 the name was changed to Lincoln Drive-In.
When bought in 1969 by Pacific Theaters, a second name "Buena Park" was added most likely for newspaper advertising reasons. (Two ads, two theaters, same address.)
In 1985, the "Lincoln" name was dropped and the theater was referd to as simply the Buena Park Drive In.

2 screens, (later a third smaller screen added)
800 parking spaces, later 1234 spaces total. (339),(368),(527)
Closed Jul. 5, 1993
Demolished in 1996
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drive-in_theater
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Coordinates:   33°49'51"N   118°1'2"W
This article was last modified 8 years ago