The Admiral Twin Drive-In theater, which sits along an alignment of Route 66 in Tulsa, will host its inaugural Jolly Lane Lights drive-through display during the Christmas season.
According to News on 6 in Tulsa, the owners of the light display hope to have 1 million lights erected when it opens on Nov. 22. It’s the brainchild of Michael and Courtney Arroyo, with Sam and Janet Sutton.
“They’ll tune to a specific radio station, and then hear a bunch of different Christmas songs that the lights are changing colors and dancing and twinkling all in sync with the music to put on an actual show,” said Michael.
Their families have spent several years planning, designing and putting the displays together. […]
They say the displays, which will range from Christmas to military to Route 66, have a bigger purpose.
“We’re partnering up with John 3:16 Mission, The Demand Project and Soldier’s Wish,” said Sam. “So, a dollar of every ticket sold here at Jolly Lane Lights will be going back to those three charities.”
Plus, there will be a military appreciation weekend and the business is collecting food donations daily at the entrance.
Once it opens next month, Jolly Lane Lights will be on display nightly through Jan. 1. It will charge $25 per car on weekdays and $30 on weekends.
The Admiral Twin still is showing movies on weekends, but it will reach its offseason by the end of this month.
The Admiral Twin Drive-In opened along Route 66 in 1951, and its second screen was built a year later. It sits off the older Admiral Place alignment of Route 66.
A fire destroyed the twin screens in 2010, but donations and public sentiment prompted its owner to rebuild and reopen in 2012.
(Image of the Admiral Twin Drive-In in Tulsa by Michael Kilgore via Flickr)