Lafayette Drive-In
3045 W. Pinhook Road,
Lafayette,
LA
70508
3045 W. Pinhook Road,
Lafayette,
LA
70508
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Previous Names: Drive-In
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There was not a lot of information, but this was Lafayette’s first drive-in theatre. The Drive-In first opened its gates on May 31, 1947 with Preston Foster in “King of the Wild Horses”. It was operated by Louis J. Michot Jr. It was renamed Lafayette Drive-In a year later in 1948. The theatre was located 3 miles away from Lafayette on U.S. Highway 90.
On April 17, 1950, the original fence that surrounds the theatre was damaged by high winds.
Unfortunately after just seven years of operation, the theatre closed for the final time in February 1955.
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The Exhibitor, Feb. 16, 1955: “R. A. Sellers one of the four owners interested in Hub Drive-In Theatres, Inc., reported that they shut down operations at the Lafayette Drive-In, Lafayette, La.”
The Exhibitor, March 9, 1955: “The Lafayette Drive-In, Lafayette, La., will close for good advised E. R. Sellers, one of the owners. Hub Drive- In Theatres, Inc., operators of two other drive-ins in that city, the Hub and Twin.”
In a 1958 aerial photo, a drive-in that was still in pretty good shape was visible about 3 miles east of Lafayette on then-US 90. (I’d call it south-southeast of town, but you get the idea.) Hints of the ramps were still there in 1998, and the land was still vacant in 2013. By April 2015, it was occupied by an office products store. The address today is 3045 W Pinhook Road, Lafayette LA 70508.