Keno

Keno Drive-In Theater

Kenosha

This drive-in theater is located on the south side of Kenosha, just north of the state line on Hwy 32 at 91^st street. It is still in operation during the summer months, but I didn't get a chance to see any movies there. I will go and see some movies there this next summer and add the experience to this page. The screen is quite different from most others that I have seen. It has sort of a stair-step appearance as opposed to the skeletal structure that I've seen on most of the drive-ins here in Wisconsin.

May 30, 1999: Finally got to see a couple of movies here. The Keno Drive-in is a very nice theater with excellent FM broadcast. The movies were "Blast from the Past" and "Never been kissed". They have a nice concession stand with just about everything you could want. The cost of admission is $3.00 for two movies.

July 22, 2000: Movies for the evening were "Big Mamma's House" and "X-Men". The crowd was huge! The theater was packed. They've been doing good business and things are going well. The previous weekends total car count was over 1600. Movie prices are $5.00 for two movies and are now first runs.

August 11, 2001: A full house, excellent weather, and "Rush Hour 2" and "Planet of the Apes". For the first time that I've ever seen it, someone arrived to watch the movies driving a semi tractor! I hope he was parked towards the back, because even with a pickup truck, you're not going to see over that one!

June 21, 2002: Busy place and the features of the night were "Austin Powers: Goldmember" and "K19: The Widowmaker".

August 31, 2003: Kind of a dreary night, with scattered rain, but a good night for a triple feature of horror films. The movies for the evening were "Jeepers Creepers 2", "Freddy VS. Jason", and "Night of a 1000 Corpses".

June 4, 2004: Good weather, for the most part. A few sprinkles during the night, but the place was PACKED! Features for the night were “Shrek 2” and “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban”. I doubt there were many open spaces left in the place.

July 6, 2005: Nice evening and decent sized crowd. Features were “War of the Worlds” and “Longest Yard”.