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The Big Mo, in Monetta, South Carolina, has a giant peach-shaped structure built in 2014 to house its digital projector on the Main Field. The drive-in opened in 1951 with one screen, closed in the mid-1980s and reopened in 1999. A second screen was added in 2005 and a third in 2011. Aiken County describes it as one of the few drive-ins operating in South Carolina. Local television reported that it marked its 75th anniversary in April 2026.
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Big Mo Drive-in peach
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Approximate location · 33.835° N, 81.603° W
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A peach-shaped building was built in 2014 to house the digital projector at a three-screen drive-in in Monetta, South Carolina, a design its owner chose as a nod to the area's abundant peach blossoms, according to a 2024 South Carolina House resolution.
The Big Mo's own history page says the Monetta Drive-In Theater opened as a single-screen theater in 1951, closed in 1986 and reopened in 1999. The second screen was added in 2005 and the third in 2011. The same page says the giant peach was built to house the digital projector on the Main Field in 2014.
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A giant peach-shaped structure on the grounds of an operating drive-in theater; visible to paying patrons and largely visible from the road.
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5822 Columbia Highway N, Monetta, SC; part of the operating Big Mo Drive-In.
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