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S.L. Theater Will Park 1,056 Cars


Salt Lake Tribune, 25 April 1967, page 20
Fox Mountain-Midwest Division of Fox West Coast Theatres Corp. will open its new half-million-dollar "Olympus" drive-in at 5600-5th East this June.

The drive-in has a capacity of 1,056 cars.  The area will be fenced by an eight-foot-high cedar fence.

Sterling Construction Co., Salt Lake City, is the general contractor.

Also under construction in Provo is a new 796-seat Fox Theatre, which will open in May.  The firm recently acquired operation of the Motor Vu Drive-in in Ogden.

Fox West Coast Theatres Corp., is a subsidiary of National General Corp.

National General now operates 245 theatres in 20 states.  It presently has a 50-million-dollar expansion program to add 100 new theatres in the U.S.