Corral Drive-In
969 TX-16,
San Saba,
TX
76877
969 TX-16,
San Saba,
TX
76877
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A closer address is 969 TX-16, San Saba, TX.
This puts it right on the property. A 2008 Google Street View showed the screen mostly intact, but by the following year it had mostly disappeared.
The projection booth/concession stand is also intact and you can still see the outline and the ramps.
https://tinyurl.com/46wecvwf
Austin American-Statesman, July 3, 1956: “SAN SABA, July 3 (CTS) - Fire completely destroyed the Corral Drive-In Theater, a mile south of San Saba, about 2:45 p.m. Monday (2). The fire was thought to have started from the sparks of a nearby trash or grass fire. A spokesman for the theater said that it would be rebuilt and would be ready for use in seven or eight weeks.”
Billboard, Sept. 15, 1951: “Wayne Horton, manager at San Saba, Tex., for Theater Enterprises, Inc., last week announced that construction had begun there on a 300 car-capacity open-airer for the circuit.”
This drive in’s status should be changed to closed.
Remains of the Corral Drive In out side of San Saba.
This has closed in 2005. you can see the damage at View link
There are photos from 2004 on this site:
http://tinyurl.com/3up2jm