Vineland Drive-In
Vineland Drive-In is among the best drive-in theater options in Southern California. Located on Vineland Avenue between the 10 and 605 freeways in the San Gabriel Valley, the Vineland Drive-In opened in 1955 with a screening of “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea” in CinemaScope. It’s been a family-oriented venture from the beginning — with free admission for children under 12 years old and advertisements that beckoned audiences to “Come as you are in the family car.” And it’s run by a family-owned business — Pacific Theatres. With a car capacity of 1,700, Vineland became a “four-plex” theater in 1981. It may have lost its original screen tower and marquee to demolition in 2003, but it still screens mostly first-run or recent features seven days a week, including holidays.
Most recently, it has entertained pandemic audiences with free Amazon Screenings as well as ArcLight at the Drive-In with ArcLight Cinemas, with which it shares a parent company. The concession stand is currently operating at bare-bones capacity — with pre-filled popcorn bags, bottled soda, and prepackaged candy — but it’s worth a masked visit, even if just to see some of the old projection room equipment on display, like a lamp projector, film winder machine, and old reels.
- Address: Vineland Drive-In 443 Vineland Ave, City of Industry, Los Angeles County, California 91746
- Yelp Rating: 4/5
- Contact: (626) 961-9262
- Website: https://www.vinelanddriveintheater.com/
- Price: $0.00-10.00
