Lackland Drive-In
3500 SW Military Drive,
San Antonio,
TX
78211
3500 SW Military Drive,
San Antonio,
TX
78211
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This ozoner had a 450 car capacity. It was demolised and is now the site of a Sam Warehouse Club. It opened in 1953 and closed in 1986. In the 1980’s it played X rated fare.
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Chuck Van Bibber
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What’s odd is that there was an elementary school very close by to the area. Good thing was they had many lights around the area facing out towards the street, so that no one could see into the screen and parking area on the X-rated movies.
The Lackland’s screen sat high on a berm. It’s screen was easily visible from many angles. Rather than build a fence to keep passers-by from seeing the X rated films being shown on it’s screen, 88 very bright halogen lights were mounted on poles around the theatre. The bright lights effectively hid the screen from everyone but people in the theatre itself.
The Lackland was built in 1953. It was one of the better built drive ins in San Antonio.
I remember this place from when I was stationed at Kelly AFB in 79. They were showing porn at that time As porn was generally against the law everywhere in Texas in the late 70’s, San Antonio did not allow porn to be shown within the city limits. This theater hired a guy to stand in front of the projection booth with 2 paddles. The paddle guy’s job was to cast a shadow across the screen, blanking out the “offensive” parts of the scenes. A bunch of us, men & women, used to load up & go to the movies, not to watch the porn flicks but to watch this poor guy do a dance to keep his paddle shadows moving on the screen. I swear he was a gymnast or or a contortionist. Can you image doing this non-stop for 60-90 minutes at a crack?
contortionist. Can you image doing this non-stop for 60-90 minutes at a crack?
or a contortionist. Can you image doing this non-stop for 60-90 minutes at a crack?