Corral Theater was Bismarck-Mandan’s first drive-in theater. The Schultz brothers of New England established the theater on April 22, 1949, premiering Homestretch.
Construction estimates were more than $70,000. The movie screen was sixty-feet high, with the picture itself being roughly 42×31 feet. The twelve-acre plot could accommodate 520 vehicles. Initial admission was fifty cents per person.
The theater was located on the site now occupied by River City Sports and the neighboring Cenex, corner of Rosser Avenue and Bismarck Expressway – then one mile east of Bismarck city limits. Corral closed in fall 1968.
