Cactus Drive-In
U.S. 83 Business and S. Kumquat Street,
Pharr,
TX
78577
U.S. 83 Business and S. Kumquat Street,
Pharr,
TX
78577
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Has since been demoed site is now a college please update
Closed 1977.
Two screens on July 21st, 1971. Ad posted.
I have a photo of my Dad in front of it. This was about 1946. My Papa was a technician and serviced theaters before working for RCA for 30 years
This opened on April 12th, 1946. A grand opening ad, as well as a 1963 topographic map, uploaded in the photo section.
The Cactus Drive-In was twinned in 1971, and its late July opening was noted in the August 9 issue of Boxoffice. The drive-in had doubled its car capacity with the expansion, and featured improved amenities such as a new, air conditioned concessions stand. The Cactus was an ABC Interstate Theatres operation.
1947 photo added courtesy of the America’s Past In Photos Facebook page.
Approx. address for this drive-in was 1000 U.S. 83.
U.S. 83 Business & S Kumquat St, Pharr, TX 78577
The above address will map to the location of the drive-in.
Here is a 1961 aerial photo of the drive-in, courtesy of Earth Explorer and USGS:
http://flic.kr/p/95k2Da
Scroll down to “A Drive-In Tale” by Alton Moore for some memories of the Cactus:
http://www.psjabears.net/beartales.htm
An old photo-post card of the CACTUS @ this website.
http://hometown.aol.com/dryvinlady/page1.html