Historic Route 66 - The Bel-Air Drive-in - Mitchell, Illinoise, USA. - National Scenic Byways on Waymarking.com

From the Cinema Treasures Website:
"The Bel-Air opened in the 1950’s as a single-screen drive-in, situated off the historic Route 66. It was originally part of the Mid-America Theatres chain, based in St. Louis. In the 1970’s, a second screen was built. At one time, the Bel-Air Drive-In could accomodate about 700 cars.
Its concession building also housed a tiny indoor seating area, with a large picture window, for when the weather was bad (since it was originally open year-round).
BAC Theatres ran the drive-in from 1982 until it closed in 1987. The Bel-Air Drive-In was completely demolished by the mid-1990’s except for its colorful and classy marquee (a large, bright red bell is behind the name of the drive-in), still in fairly good shape (except for the “R” in the “Air” part of the theater’s name is missing)." Text Source" (visit link)

Program: America's Byways Website: [Web Link] Official Name: Historic Route 66

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