This is a photo of the the main (original) screen tower and the marquee --Ken Layton.
This is a photo of the the main (original) screen tower and the marquee --Ken Layton.
Rodeo snack bar, submitted by Ken Layton
This is a shot of the projection booth. That's Rodeo drivein owner Jack Ondracek with back to camera. The projected movies here at this drive in are bright and clear thanks to the top-of-the-line Strong X-60-C xenon lamphouses. --Ken Layton
Snack bar/projection building. Projection is done upstairs. This view is for projecting to screen #3. --Ken Layton
Screen #1 (the original screen) is made of wood. The original snack bar/projection building is at far right and is now used only for storage. --Ken Layton
Screen #2, which is all metal. --Ken Layton
Screen #3 is also all metal. All screens at the Rodeo were re-painted in June 2000. These photos are from 1997. --Ken Layton
Update: I visited here on April 21, 2001. This is the first drive-in I have seen in a long time that has overhead field lighting during the show, with orange and blue tinted lights and a bright enough screen image so the lights won't wash them out. The projected image was so bright that flashes from screen 1 were seen washing out dark scenes on screen 2, but you can't have everything. I found on closer inspection that the theater's oldest screen, screen 1, is curved horizontally like a snow shovel, so that the top curves out a little closer to the audience. That isn't so obvious in the picture above, but I took another picture at a sharper angle to show the curve. They have strong FM sound that can be heard on a Walkman, unlike Puget Park's FM sound. And, they are the only drive-in left around here that I know of that still has an open playground, under screen 1. The original snack bar in lot 1 has a big hole in the roof, so I don't think it's still being used for storage any more.
The Rodeo 1 screen has a slight curve, and playground equipment
Unusual light inside a round foundation under screen 1.
VFR flight navigation chart showing the rodeo location (just below the "es" in "theatres").
Microsoft Terraserver Satellite Image of this drive-in.
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