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Airport Drive-In
2711 North Temple
Salt Lake City, Utah
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Fountain Green Theatre
Fountain Green, Utah
The LDS Church opened the Fountain Green Theatre and Dance Hall in 1918 and for decades it was the heart of the community. In 1944 the building was sold to Ivin Rasmussen, who continued to operate the recreation center until 1950, when television changed the way people spent their evenings. Rasmussen converted the dance hall into a general store, but the building sat vacant for 30 years after the store closed in 1976. His descendants donated the building to the city in 1998 and the restored community center reopened on Memorial Day weekend 2004.
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Image courtesy of the US Geological Survey
Date: 8 October 1998
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Airport Drive-In
2711 North Temple
Salt Lake City, Utah
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Status: |
Demolished |
Total
Cars:
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300 |
Open: |
Before December 1948
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Closed: |
After 1975
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The Airport Drive-In opened before December 19481 and closed after 1975.2 The theater was owned by Ray F. Wilmart and had a capacity of 300 cars.3
The drive-in was located just south of one of the runways of the Salt Lake Airport. The theater has been demolished, possibly to allow for an extension of the runway.
1. The Airport Drive-In was listed in the Salt Lake City Classified Business Directory for 1948 and 1954, but not in the 1957 or later directories.
2. According to "Excel fle", movietheatre.org, the Airport Drive-In showed movies from about 1950 to 1975.
3. "Airport Drive-In", drive-ins.com/theater, December 2005
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