Rice Drive-In
1100 S. Mechanic Street,
El Campo,
TX
77437-6026
1100 S. Mechanic Street,
El Campo,
TX
77437-6026
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The 1963 El Campo City Directory lists the Rice Drive-In at 100 Marion Avenue (just off South Mechanic). William Spooner was the manager.
But how many boats and planes will it hold Mike.
As stated above in 1956 it held 300 cars and was owned by Rubin Frels. ELCAMPO was home to the EAGLE DRIVE-in too.
The Rice Drive-In opened at 7:00 p.m. on March 24, 1951. Among the first movies shown there were George Brent’s “Silver Queen”, Lex Barker’s “Tarzan’s Magic Fountain”, and “The Sundowners” with Robert Preston.
Car capacity in 1975 was 300.
This drive-in was part of the Frels Theaters chain in the early sixties, along with the Floyd and the Normana in El Campo.