• Skip to content
  • Skip to footer

Leicester Drive-In

  • Home
  • About Us
  • In the News
  • Concessions
  • Directions
  • Gallery
  • Contact Us

Massachusetts Drive Ins

June 28, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Reprinted from www.driveinmovie.com

Photo Credit – William Watson

Massachusetts was an early leader among drive-in states. It has the distinction of having hosted one of the first 5 drive-in theatres in America (the Weymouth Drive-in, which opened in May of ’36), and also, four of America’s first 15 drive-in cinemas were located in Massachusetts! Within ten years of it’s first drive-in opening, there were twenty located in Massachusetts, and during the peak drive-in years of the late 50’s, the state had nearly 90 outdoor theatres in operation. Since that time, their number has declined very steeply, with 94% of them going dark; and presently, there are only five remaining which we can enjoy and preserve (or, six, if you count a NH Drive’in that overlaps).

Filed Under: In the News

admin

Reader Interactions

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Footer

Leicester Drive In



Route 9, 1675 Main Street
Leicester, MA 01524
(508) 892-4400
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • RSS

Tickets



Box Office opens at 6:30 p.m.
Movies begin shortly after dusk.
Tickets are $28.00 per carload.
Schedule subject to change.

Directions



From Worcester - Start out going WEST on MAIN ST toward FRANKLIN ST. – 5.6 mi
Turn SLIGHT LEFT onto S MAIN ST/MA – 9. 4 mi
End at 1675 Main St Leicester, MA 01524-1941

www.LeicesterDriveIn.net Copyright 2009 - 2017 • Leicester Drive In, Leicester, MA • Website by Dynamic Design · Log in