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Unfortunately the Tri-City drive-in has been demolished.
Although the Bel Air Drive-in site now looks more like an abandoned junkyard lot than an old drive-in, signs of its heyday still remain. The best way to enter the lot is by "backing-in" though. Update 08/06 : The Belair Drive-in and Belair Fontana Swap Meets are on the sites of the Thorp family Plymouth dealerships. My late parents bought a couple of cars from them. The dealerships folded about 1970 & the buildings were used for selling Blue Haven Pools, but the drive-in in Rialto continued. Starting about 1960, most businesses on Foothill Boulevard began suffering greatly when Hwy-66 traffic moved to the newly opened US-10 freeway. Many thanks to John Bennett of Colton for update. 08-06
The photos to the left show the new Bel Air Swap Meet in Fontana. Supposedly this is the same lot as photographed on the right in 1998. New photos courtesy Ralph Ishmael
The Rubidoux Cinema 3 in Riverside sports a very colorful pain
scheme. Another drive-in complex that fills to the rim with swap meet guests
on just about every occasion. Oh yes, movies still play here. New photos courtesy Ralph Ishmael.
The Van Buren Cinema 3 is very similar to Riverside's Rubidoux Cinema 3. From the similar marquee to the lot, the Van Buren stands tall as a remaining open-air soldier.
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The
Tri-City Drive-in Theatre near Loma Linda is another of the great
screens with fantastic murals. The image of the skier depicts the area
which is near the mountains. A Roadside Peek contributor claims
that the skier riding down the ski slope is actually a depiction of him.
Fact or fiction? You know the drill.
Fontana
