![]() ![]() Free parking is available to visitors as are full concessions. During the week admission is free and only 50 cents on the weekends. ![]() Coupons such as one free small fountain drink with the purchase of a regular nachos or one free medium drink with the purchase of a large popcorn are available.Įvery Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday the area also operates a large swap meet with over 300 vendors on location. Special coupons are available online for printing and can be taken to the snack bar for discounts. The snack bar serves churros, all flavors of soda, a large selection of candy and candy bars, and Mexican food. The theatre operates an onsite snack bar that serves more than just movie popcorn although popcorn is available. The theatre opened its doors in 1964 and by 1975 converted to three screens which is how it operates today. There are three screens and the car capacity at the theatre is 1,500. The theatre offers hit movies and new releases to the general public in a traditional drive-in type forum. In a culture where family time has become so rare and the price of movie tickets are breaking the budget, the time is right once more for the drive-in to satisfy the national thirst for affordable, good, quality family entertainment.The Van Buren Drive-In Theatre is a multiple screen drive-in theatre that is located at 3035 Van Buren Boulevard in Riverside, California. In 2015 the Van Buren was among the first drive-ins to install Digital Cinema projection. Depicting a vista of 1930s era Riverside, the mural is reminiscent of vintage orange crate labels so prized by collectors today, and also reminiscent of the classic drive-in, screen tower decorations that are now almost all completely gone from the country's landscape.įortunately the drive-in theatre is not a forgotten relic, but an exciting living history and thanks to Van Buren and other theatres like it, drive-ins are once again poised to be a familiar American movie going experience. The most striking element of this rebranding is the art mural set to be displayed on the original screen tower facing Van Buren Blvd. Taking cues from the surrounding community's cultural heritage, the marquee, box offices, snack bar and landscaping were set to be remodeled with an "Old California, Orange Ranch" theme. The audience appreciated these improvements, and turned out in record numbers.īeginning in 2007 the old Van Buren was given a new image. Then, the lots were repaved and the screens repainted. First, the latest drive-in theatre technology including FM transmitters and Technalight, the state-of-the-art projection system was installed. In 2006 when real estate development fell through, the Van Buren's owners decided to invest in a long postponed remodeling project. Although the Van Buren was never forced to close, because it has always been popular, 40 years of continuous operation did result in some despair. The Van Buren Drive-In Theater, named for its location on Van Buren Blvd. See more info and find answers to FAQs on our website. The address to the swap meet is 3035 Van Buren Blvd. In order to reserve a selling space, you must possess a Sales and Tax Permit issued by the State Board of Equalization that shows the address of the Van Buren Swap Meet. Our Swap Meet is open 6:00AM to 2:00PM every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday. The reservation office is only open on swap meet days: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday & Sunday. Adults 10, Kids 5-9 only 1: Cash or Credit/Debit cards only. Like most drive-ins, the Van Buren was not built to last more than a decade before it was redeveloped, for a higher value, in the booming Southern California real estate market. Specialties: We show current movies, double features 7 nights a week all year-round. Built on the site of a former orange ranch, the theatre was expanded to three screens in 1975. The Van Buren Drive-in Theatre, named for its location on Van Buren Blvd in the historic Arlington district of Riverside, California, opened in 1964 with a single screen. Now there just over 400 drive-ins in the country, but those remaining have a dedicated following of devoted fans, who love their movies outdoors in a pleasant, family friendly setting. But television, indoor theatre multiplexes and soaring real estate values saw to the decline of the drive-in, beginning the late 1970s. Its successful debut prompted others to follow, and by the mid 1950s drive-ins numbered well over 4,000, some of which held room for over three thousand cars. From humble beginnings in Depression-era New Jersey to the unprecedented national phenomenon that became a definitive icon of an entire generation, the drive-in theater brought together two of the greatest American passions: the automobile and the movies.Īuto parts salesman Richard Hollingshead opened the world's first Drive-in Theatre in Camden, New Jersey on June 6th, 1933. Few things say America more than apple pie, barbeques on the Fourth of July and drive-in movies. ![]()
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