AUSTIN, Texas — A popular and beloved drive-in theater that closed one of its locations in July is set to open in a new location in late September.
In addition to its Downtown Austin location, the Blue Starlite Drive-In Theater is slated to open a new northeast Austin location on Sep. 29. The theater's Mueller location closed on July 1.
The new iteration of the theater will be located at the Capital City VFW post near the Interstate 35 exit and Braker Lane. It will be four times larger than the Mueller location.
Blue Starlite opened its first location in an alley on East Cesar Chavez 15 years ago. Two years later, it expanded to East Sixth Street, then it enjoyed a 5-year residency at the Austin Film Society on Middle Fiskville Road.
For the past four years, the theater's headquarters were located on Franklin Avenue, on the outskirts of the Mueller neighborhood. The Mueller location featured a 3-screen drive-in, plus an additional forest walk-in screen and other outdoor experiences.
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