Texas Stadium Drive-In
2401 E. Airport Freeway,
Irving,
TX
75062
2401 E. Airport Freeway,
Irving,
TX
75062
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This is not the only drive-in in the World to have a screen that can fold down when not being used(it also happens at the Tom Price Hall and Drive-in at Tom Price, Western Australia, Australia, it gets folded down when a cyclone warning is issued).
Opened on 22/12/1972 on screen 1 with “Deliverance” and “The rain people” and on screen 2 with “The new centurians” and “War devils” and on screen 3 with “The valachi papers” and “Vanishing Point”.
Would anyone here know which issue of Boxoffice Magazine the Texas Stadium Drive-In Theatre article appeared in, please? Thank you.
Change the header from 2401 W. Airport Freeway to 2401 E. Airport Freeway, and it puts you right there… The 2401 E. is the actual address of the site of the former stadium.
TX-482 spur, Irving, TX 75062
The above address maps reasonably close to the stadium. The address currently being used maps about 5 miles west of the Stadium.
Here is a 1979 aerial photo of the drive-in with all three screens up, courtesy of Historic Aerials Dot Com:
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Here is a 1972 image with the screens and concession building apparently not installed yet:
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Porn on a giant drive-in screen? Nice.
I don’t think this theater ever did very well because, by the mid-70’s, it was showing soft porn flicks.
This theatre closed after the summer season in 1982. The Texas Stadium concession/projection building was later renovated into the Dallas Cowboys Pro Shop. There were three screens, one was retained and converted into a storage area with the screen pearmently in the “down” position (the screens all had hydraulic systems and were not left “up” on game days).
Looks like the latest GE image shows the last remaining drive-in screen is finally gone.
Who cares? They were there and showing movies at one time. So we aren’t allowed to talk about theaters that are no longer open then?
Thats nice were are the projectors.?
Screen in the folded down position:
H E R E
They still have a screen located in the end of the parking lot, ENE of the stadium. Any problem with that?
SiliconSam, you chill out,do they have any projectors and screens there, I do not think so.
I would rather see a movie on the giant video screen in the new stadium. With full sound and 70,000 people, imagine a film like 2012 in that venue.
It is. We’re talking about the movie screens. Since the Cowboys abandoned the stadium, they can show movies again. Chill out…..
I though this site was about Movie theatres.
It’s not like they play football there anymore…..
Do not like the Cowboys.
Why Not???Lots of parking.
A drive-in next to Texas Stadium? Ugh.
Small glimpse of the screen in THIS shot.
Folded down position HERE