Skyvue Drive-In

1917 N. 1st Street,
Haskell, TX 79521

Unfavorite 1 person favorited this theater

Showing 5 comments

dorstar
dorstar on December 5, 2022 at 1:05 pm

The Haskell Free Press announced the opening of the newest and most modern Drive-in Theatres in this section, “The Sky-Vue”. located one mile west of Haskell on the Rule Highway. The Drive-in was built by the Childress Theatre Interests. There was space for 350 cars with a 42x49 foot screen. Opening night was April 21, 1950, with the movie “Story of Seabiscuit”. The Sky-Vue Theatre closed in the summer of 1956. The manager reminded everyone not to become addicted to their TV set, but to go out and see a movie once a week.

MichaelKilgore
MichaelKilgore on May 18, 2020 at 3:05 pm

As you can see by the aerial photo above, the drive-in was north of the Y intersection where US 380 bends northwest but County Road 426 continues due west.

Kenmore
Kenmore on March 29, 2019 at 2:23 pm

It’s there.

The 1965 aerial shows a clearer outline. Go to NETRonline and type in the address or put in Haskell, TX and you can see it better.

Kris4077
Kris4077 on March 29, 2019 at 11:14 am

I don’t see what you see at that location. I see a lot of wavy lines that look a lot like drive-in theater ramps but they’re all over the place must be some type of crop or its wind blown sand or dirt. Makes it hard to locate a drive-in theater.

Kenmore
Kenmore on March 14, 2019 at 7:27 am

I believe I found it.

The address is 1917 North 1st Street, Haskell, TX.

A 1965 aerial shows a faint outline of a drive-in, so if this was it, the drive-in was totally demolished by that time.

Today, you can still barely see a faint outline of the drive-in.

https://tinyurl.com/yyugabqj