The historic Admiral Twin Drive-In theater in Tulsa, which saw its iconic double screen destroyed by fire last year, will rebuild and reopen this summer, according to a report by KJRH-TV in Tulsa.
Blake Smith confirmed Wednesday that he plans to break ground on the rebuilding project in April.
He says that a fundraising effort garnered $30,000 in donations, and the rest of the funding will mostly come from loans.
He plans to close on a loan Friday, enabling the rebuilding to begin this spring.
Smith said earlier in the month he would secure some sort of financing to rebuild the twin screens.
It’s been reported that the owners hope to reopen the Admiral Twin by July 4.
The drive-in opened in 1951, and the second screen was built a year later. Even as the number of drive-ins in the United States dropped over the decades, the Admiral Twin continued to show first-run movies.
The Admiral Twin also served as an inspiration during a scene in Tulsa native S.E. Hinton’s famous novel, “The Outsiders,” which was made into a now-acclaimed movie.