Beacon Drive-In closes after nearly 76 years in Guthrie, sold to local credit union
GUTHRIE, Okla. – It’s the end of an era for one of Oklahoma’s longest-running drive-in theaters. After more than seven decades of entertaining generations of moviegoers, the Beacon Drive-In Theater in Guthrie has closed for good.
The Beacon opened in 1950 and was owned and operated by three generations of the Powell family for nearly 76 years. Its first showing was Ramrod, and its final movie, Reagan, screened in September 2024. Over the decades, families packed the lot that can hold about 328 cars, to watch some of Hollywood’s biggest blockbusters beneath the stars…