What a crummy way to start the new year. The Beacon Drive-In Theatre in Guthrie OK has shown its final movies. According to the Guthrie News Page, the drive-in was sold a few days ago and will be replaced by a credit union building.

The Beacon was built in 1949 and opened on April 22, 1950. Its final program was at the end of 2024, and sales negotiations apparently continued all of last year. It makes me deeply sad when a perfectly good, historic drive-in closes like that. Let’s all hope for better days ahea.