El Rey Drive-In
US-84 and FM 37,
Amherst,
TX
79312
US-84 and FM 37,
Amherst,
TX
79312
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Previous Names: 84 Drive-In
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The 84 Drive-In was opened in 1953. It was operated by Lloyd Hutchins and later by E.T. Borum. It showed both English & Spanish language movies.
In its last years of operated it was taken over by E.F. Rey and was renamed El Rey Drive-In, screening Spanish language movies. It was closed in the early-1980’s and the screen and other buildings were torn down around 1987.
It is now a salvage yard.
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200 cars.
The concession building was still there in early 2018.
Same drive-in? Billboard, June 21, 1952: “Drive-In 84 Theater has been opened at Sudan, Tex., by Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Stevens. Spot has a 250-car capacity.”
Boxoffice, May 20, 1968: “E. T. "Ted” Borum, who owns and operates the Sunset Drive-In and the Earth Theatre in Earth, Tex., has purchased the El Rey Drive-In, Amherst, some 25 miles south of Earth. Borum has been playing Spanish-language pictures only, double billing them on Friday and Saturday and with a single bill on Sunday. In June, he will play one English-language picture on Thursday, with a bingo night."