Brazos Drive-In

1800 W. Pearl Street,
Granbury, TX 76048

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50sSNIPES
50sSNIPES on December 22, 2019 at 2:02 pm

The Brazos Drive-In Opened On June 5th, 1952 According To The Hood County News-Tablet. The Brazos Drive-In Was Mainly Not An All-Season Drive-In At The Time.

In Late April 1957, The Brazos Drive-In’s Showing Of “The Ambassadors Daughter” Was Postponed And Closed For Weeks Due To A Massive Flood Warning For The Brazos River.

50sSNIPES
50sSNIPES on December 19, 2019 at 1:39 pm

I Think The Reason Why It Is Named Brazos Its Because That The Granbury Area Is Just Either Near Or In The Brazos Valley of Texas.

Trolleyguy
Trolleyguy on October 17, 2019 at 2:27 pm

Broken website link above. Correct website: http://brazosdrivein.com/

davidcoppock
davidcoppock on March 4, 2019 at 5:37 am

Why the name Brazos?

dansdriveintheater
dansdriveintheater on March 3, 2019 at 11:56 pm

https://www.theeagle.com/news/texas/historic-small-town-drive-in-theater-up-for-grabs/article_41542cbc-8530-11e3-8fcb-0019bb2963f4.html

good article from when it was up for sale!

dansdriveintheater
dansdriveintheater on December 12, 2018 at 1:24 am

a pic of it can be seen in the movie drive-in movie memories.

https://youtu.be/GfnTStV-gcQ?t=3170

SteveSwanson
SteveSwanson on November 11, 2014 at 3:10 am

The Brazos is up for auction again on eBay. This time for $475,000, ends Sunday 11/16/14

Chris1982
Chris1982 on October 9, 2014 at 8:08 am

Now fully digital.

Ret. AKC (NAC) CCC Bob Jensen, Manteno, Illinois
Ret. AKC (NAC) CCC Bob Jensen, Manteno, Illinois on March 28, 2012 at 11:57 pm

PLEASE ADD PHONE NUMBER:

817 573-1311

THANKS

snickstx
snickstx on July 4, 2011 at 3:26 pm

There is something very special about The Brazos. I was lucky enough to introduce my kids to the Drive-In experience here a few years ago. For some reason, it’s always a few degrees cooler there on a hot summer night and I’ve never been bugged by a bug there. We always had a great time. The only advice I’d give the Miller’s (based on my last visit 4 years ago) is to clean up the FM transmission as there was always a nasty ground hum and run some clocks, old or new, anything.

I did read that the Millers briefly put The Brazos up for sale in 2010. An old listing shows that were asking in the neighborhood of $650K and the related article mentioned they had not received any acceptable offers. As much as I was in love with the place when I lived in the area, $650K is just way too much. High 3’s might be attainable but due to a whittled away lot, she can’t be twinned…but what do I know? They still own it but I hope that offering wasn’t an indication of a land grabber working in the background.

The Galaxy was okay (4 years ago) but seemed impersonal and was going through some growing pains at the time. If you’ve enjoyed The Galaxy, make sure you check out The Brazos for a much more intimate evening at a much smaller theater.

RoadsideArchitecture.com
RoadsideArchitecture.com on May 1, 2010 at 1:50 am

On Preservation Texas' Most Endangered List in 2010 (with an opening date of 1952):

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Don Lewis
Don Lewis on September 13, 2008 at 8:23 pm

1983 movie calendar from the Brazos Drive-In in Granbury.

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on January 22, 2007 at 8:25 pm

The drive-in was damaged by high winds in May 2002:
http://tinyurl.com/2l74kq