I am remiss in that I haven't posted this in a timely manner. It had just slipped my mind (what there is of it). This is a effort to make amends.
Our last drive in theater, the Mission Four, was closed last winter by the owners. They sold it to the City of San Antonio which plans to build a library and community center along with other amenities on the property.
This was the last of the drive ins that flourished locally
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Cheers - Jay
Posts from Jay J. Foraker in thread „Anyone still have an active drive-in theater in their area?“
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Re: The Mission Four:
An abortive attempt was made to open the Mission Four Drive-In here in San Antonio the beginning of August. The drive-in was going to open on the weekends and see how attendance went. The first two weekends were well attended, but then slacked off. The owners decided to close down again and wait until spring to make a decision on whether to reopen again or not.
Cheers - Jay
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"Joe Bob Briggs" - I haven't seen his name for a while. I remember reading his reviews in our paper, but he has been absent for some time. Yeah, Jim, he could be a hoot!
Cheers - Jay
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Shame on you Jay!!!
I bet a lot of folks my age will remember going on dates to the drive-in during the 50s and 60s. Believe it or not, a lot of times we would watch the movie
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Bet they were great places to go for youngsters going steady in the 50's and 60's.
Chris.
You betcha
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The Mission Four has been showing first run movies for the last half-dozen years. It would open in March with weekend shows and then in April start showing movies all week long.
I must admit I haven't been to a showing in almost 40 years, but I understand it has been popular with families and has decent attendance. It remains to be seen if and when it reopens. I imagine the owners, a corporation that owns about 80% of the theaters in San Antonio, will make a decision soon. They claim the theaters have not been profitable, but that they have felt it to be a community service to continue to operate.
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The reason I ask is because the last active drive-in theater here in San Antonio got vandalized right before it opened for the season
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Our theater, the Mission Four, is the last of what used to be approximately 20 drive-ins in San Antonio. I can imagine all of them featured John Wayne movies at one time or another.
Cheers - Jay
