Fiesta Drive-In
13800 Montana Avenue,
El Paso,
TX
79938
13800 Montana Avenue,
El Paso,
TX
79938
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The Fiesta Drive-In was opened on February 7, 1950 with Bob Hope in “The Paleface”. On October 9, 1981 it went over to screening adult movies with “Little Girls Blue” & “Intimate Illusions”. It is listed as only the second operating drive-in showing adult movies. The other being the Apache Drive-In in Tyler, Texas. This drive-in has a capacity for 500 cars.
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Just to Note — Back in 1999 I talked to the owner(s). I was told ‘this’ Drive In opened as a Rated “X” Drive In. There’s a Mobile Home park next door to the Drive In. I ask if there were any complaints & I was told the Drive In is protected by the “Grandfather” Law as it was there before the M.H.Park & the M.H.Park & its' occupants could not do a thing about the Drive In..
I am pleased to report that the Fiesta Theater, currently an outdoor movie theater showing porn, has converted to digital projection.
Wow. Digital Projection, huh? Man, they are moving up in the world. Nice!
Did this theater do enough business to warrant the conversion to video projectors?
In a 2015 article in the UTEP student newspaper, The Prospector, the Fiesta manager says it “has two motion picture screens with a maximum capacity for 500 cars.” Looking at Google Earth images, I can’t find a second screen.
http://www.theprospectordaily.com/2015/02/10/hot-and-heavy-at-the-drive-in/ https://goo.gl/maps/iDfkXUvide72
(Sorry that I first entered this as a comment on a particular photo. I’ll learn.)
Whats the Grandfather Law?
This opened on October 9th, 1981. Grand opening ad in the photo section.
Originally opened on 7th February 1950 with 2 color cartoons(not named?) and “Paleface”.
Opened on 9th October 1981 with ‘Little girls blue" and “Intimate illusions”.
This became the last adult drive-in in America since the Apache Drive-In at Tyler closed on March 9, 2023.