Circle Drive-In
2112 LaSalle Avenue,
Waco,
TX
76706
2112 LaSalle Avenue,
Waco,
TX
76706
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The Circle Drive-In was built in 1947 and closed around 1982. It had a capacity for 603 cars. The tower has been converted into an insurance office and the parking area of this former drive-in is used by the Treasure City Flea Market.
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Here is a May 1957 ad from the Waco News Tribune:
http://tinyurl.com/5f7elp
Bud Abbott must have changed the spelling of his name in 1957.
Here are two 1984 photos:
http://tinyurl.com/dctkob
http://tinyurl.com/c32a8a
You can see more of the bear on this site:
http://www.americandrivein.com/states/tx.htm
This is a 2008 photo.
Here are some recent photos:
Photo1
Photo2
Photo3
IN 1956 THE CIRCLE DRIVE IN PARKED 400 CARS AND AT THAT TIME WAS OWNED BY C.C. EZELL AND ASSOC.
A rare photo of Waco’s Circle Drive In Theater taken in 1948 by Dick Bogusch of Ft. Worth.
TELL ME WHERE DID YOU GET THAT PICTURE.
FASCINATING pic, Don! I have to ask, too, where in the world did you find that photo? Also, is there a larger copy of this available?
ken mc, thanks for posting the second pic showing the Circle’s roadside marquee. Someone correct me if I’m wrong, but I’m slowly discovering that the drive-ins owned and operated by Stanley Warner Theaters, and later by Texas Southwest Theatres, displayed this unique marquee. I seem to remember the Fort Worth Twin had a similar marquee, and I’m suspecting that the Corral and, possibly, the Westside, all in Fort Worth, had the same, too.
Thanks, fellas!