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Highland Drive-In

3670 S Highland Dr, Salt Lake City, UT

A concrete screen tower with HIGHLAND on the back got a $400,000 twin-screen remodel in 1961.

🏛️ TheaterDemolished
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The story

The drive-in opened before 1954 as the Hyland Drive-In Theatre and was renamed the Highland in 1961. That year a $400,000 remodel added twin screens, a new parking area, snack bar, playground, restrooms and projection equipment. The original screen tower was concrete, with Highland in large letters on its back side.

Salt Lake City business directory listings show it operating through August 1982, after which it was closed and later demolished. Drive-ins.com reports the site is now residential, including the Holiday Hill Apartments.

What's There Now

Residential housing, including the Holiday Hill Apartments.

Everything that was here

Did you know?

It opened under a different spelling, Hyland.
Remodel included a playground.
It had two screens after 1961.

Nearby history

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Oak Hills Drive-In

2775 E 1000 S · 6.2 km away
A drive-in just southeast of Hogle Zoo let neighbors pay $50 for a speaker hookup and watch from home.

Smith's Ballpark

1365 S West Temple · 6.7 km away
Opened in 1994 on the Derks Field site as one of the early double-decked AAA stadiums.

Ute Stadium (Robert Rice Stadium)

451 S 1400 E · 7.6 km away
A $133,000 timber-and-earth stadium opened in 1927 and ran for 70 seasons before the Utes tore it down.

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Sourceshttps://utahtheaters.info/Theater/History/93