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Tee Pee Drive-In is a historic drive-in theater located on an old alignment of U.S. Route 66 in Sapulpa, Oklahoma. The drive-in theatre was first built in 1949 and opened on May 5, 1950.[2] The theatre used a type of paving for its pathways, unlike other drive-ins at the time which used dirt pathways.[1]
The Tee Pee Drive-In ran smoothly through the 1950s, showing movies to thousands of people. On May 5, 1960, exactly 10 years after the drive-in theatre first opened, an F5 tornado struck the town of Sapulpa, nearly destroying the drive-in theatre. However, the theatre was back up and running a month later after repairs were made. The drive-in experienced two different break-ins a week apart later that year. In August 1966, a fire broke out at the theatre, destroying the concession stand.[1]
Drive-In theatres across the nation began to die out during the 1970s and 1980s thanks to the rise of indoor movie theatres. The Tee Pee Drive-In wasn't spared from these closures when its owner, Video Theatres, closed the drive-in theatre along with many others in 1982.[1] The theatre remained closed for about 18 months before new owners bought the property from Video Theatres, reopening the drive-in theatre on March 18, 1983. The theatre was passed around to different owners through the 1980s and 1990s before being closed again in 1999. The drive-in sat abandoned for just over two decades, deteriorating further and further through time.[1]
In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic led to the practice of social distancing, which in turn led to a resurgence in drive-in theatres that remained open across the nation. This led a local group to purchase the abandoned Tee Pee Drive-In property in 2021, which made renovations to the property over the next two years, including 12 Spartan trailers that can be rented on Airbnb. The Tee Pee Drive-In reopened on April 15, 2023.[1][3]
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