Tascosa Drive-In
1999 Dumas Drive,
Amarillo,
TX
79107
1999 Dumas Drive,
Amarillo,
TX
79107
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Opened prior to 1955, the Tascosa Drive-In is located on the west side of Amarillo. It has a marquee that bridges two, square, tower like structures that are constructed of tin. Each tower had a large “T” on its front. Topping the marquee were large individual yellow letters spelling out TASCOSA.
Once operating as a twin screen, it was closed by 1994. Part of the lot has now been sold off and is an RV park and the theatre operates with one screen, showing first run double feature programs.
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Don Lewis
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Don…. There is a Tascosa Drive-In in Amarillo, Tx that is still operating. It also has two screens. Is this the same drive-in? If it is, the address is 1999 Dumas Drive. This is their website:
http://tascosadrivein.com/
This theatre needs to be updated with the address that LM listed on Aug. 13, 2005.
My photograph of the TASCOSA www.flickr.com/photos/lastpictureshow/224089538/
As of 8/07, the Tascosa Drive-In is still open (status needs to be updated to open/first run).
The venue still features the twin tower/marquee mentioned and shown in the photo link above (the towers are covered with corrugated steel sheets). However, the entry gates are now similar to the kind one would find in a livestock pen and feature large Texas medallions on each gate.
Outside of the unique entryway, the Tascosa Drive-In is rather bare bones. A tiny corrugated metal building, serving as projection booth and concession stand, stands in the center of an unpaved lot. The screen (I only noticed one, but another might have been on the opposite side) is a series of white pannels on a metal scaffolding. A small playground sits beneath the screen. The venue utilizes FM radio broadcast for sound, but retains carside poles (minus the speaker boxes).
This theater needs to be updated:
Open
First run movies
Address:
1999 Dumas Drive
Amarillo, Tx 79107
Website.
Here is a recent photo.
Car capacity in 1975 was 800.
Here’s the Tascosa in 1994 – closed and falling into ruin. I recall driving through Amarillo a few years later and noticing that the drive-in appeared to have become an RV park. So I’m glad to see it’s been restored and showing movies once again!
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Just to clear things up ~ the south end of the Tascosa is still a functioning drive-in theater, the north end is now an RV park. I’m going there tonight to see Lost World and Night at the Museum 2!!
The second screen was where the RV park is and it burned to the ground in the late-1970’s.