Super 50 Drive-In
US 50, ½ mile north of Trappe, Md. (midway between Easton and
Cambridge)
capacity: 300-350 cars
years of operation: 1952-85
currently: Big Mario's Sports Center (formerly the
Sports Trappe); projection/snack bar building still stands next to driving
range which occupies much of the lot
An XXX venue during its declining '80s days.
"Ah, Yes! The old Super 50. Spent my first visits
there in the early 50's sitting/sleeping in the backseat of my parent's Plymouth
in my pajamas. Made many visits with some of my most memorable coming when
I was a driving teenager in 1966. Oooo La La! I returned recently and
took a few shots. The snack bar/projection room is now the bulls-eye in the
middle of a grass covered driving range. However, the old projectors and
Peerless Magnarc lamphouses are STILL in the projection room, door wide open,
and really don't look that bad." -- Jeffrey McNeal (thanks to him
for the two photos below:)
Click here to see the 1989 USGS map depicting the drive-in and
surrounding area.
Click here to see a 1995 aerial photo depicting the drive-in's
remains. Behind the Sports Center building you'll see an outline of the
Super 50's "wedge" shape, the central building, and a faint outline of the
ramp pattern.
Got some additional information, or some pictures or stories about this drive-in you'd like to share? Email me -- thanks!
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