Twin Drive-In
3141 Johnson Street,
Lafayette,
LA
70503
3141 Johnson Street,
Lafayette,
LA
70503
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The Twin Drive-In was opened on February 12, 1953 with Betty Hutton in “Somebody Loves Me” playing on both screens. It was operated by H-T Theatres with a 950-car capacity. There was a 200-seat enclosed area for walk-in patrons. It was later operated by Gulf States Theatres. Now Camping World of Lafayette.
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This opened on February 12th, 1953. Grand opening ad in the photo section.
ad:
Twin Drive-In opening Thu, Feb 12, 1953 – 3 · The Daily Advertiser (Lafayette, Louisiana) · Newspapers.com
Opened on 12/2/1953 with on “Somebody loves me” at 6.30pm and screen 2 with “Someboy loves me” at 7.00pm.
Boxoffice, May 30, 1960: “Harry Thomas, Gulf States maintenance chief, was in Lafayette supervising the renovation of the Twin Drive-In, which was opened ten years ago by the Guidry and Sellers brothers”
On May 4, 1955, one of the two 65ft screens was badly damaged by a fire, with an estimate $3,000 in damage. It was later rebuilt that same year.
A closer address is 3141 Johnston St, Lafayette, LA.
This puts it right on The Grand 16 which sits on the property and uses the same entrance as the old drive-in.
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