Location: Highway 99, Beaumont Year built: Early 1950s Operated by: Beau-Bann Enterprises, later Sero Entertainment. Vehicle Capacity: 500
Notes:
First appeared listed in the 1951/52 International Motion Picture Almanac. Was acquired by Sero Entertainment in 1954 from Beau-Bann Enterprises.
The Cherry Pass made it into the 1970s ... *CORRECTION* the Cherry Pass Drive-In was located on the corner of Highland Springs Avenue and 6th Street where Burger King, Stater Bros., and Food4Less now reside. (Source V. Larkin)
Take a moment to remember your childhood in the Banning-Beaumont Pass with its breezy (100mph winds) days of Fall, the crisp cool Winters and
the bright sunny Springs of yesteryear "Growing Up in the Pass". We've intentionally
left out Summer because most of us left town for quick trips to the beautiful
California coastline from San Diego to Los Angeles.
Growing up in Beaumont made for an interesting childhood. Despite never having
'anything to do' we always found ways to entertain ourselves. Banning and Beaumont were
places where, as young children, we could still ride our bikes all around town until just
after dark. We could take a quick trip down to 4th street to explore the 'wilderness' or trek up to
Bogart park to fight the 'trecherous grade'. When it rained the parks on Orange Avenue would flood --
I remember . . .