Civic Center

Historical marker location:

401 W Hillcrest Drive, Thousand Oaks, California

( Marker can be reached from Civic Center Drive east of McCloud Avenue.)

Thousand Oaks.

The first drive-in movie theater in the world was opened in California in 1933. The theater, called the Drive-In Theatre, was located in Camden, New Jersey. However, the drive-in movie theater became more popular in California and eventually spread across the country.