Decker Twin Drive-In
6211 Decker Drive,
Baytown,
TX
77520
6211 Decker Drive,
Baytown,
TX
77520
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Actually, The Second Screen Didn’t Open Until May 21st, 1976 With Screen #1 Being “Trackdown” And “The Killer Elite” And Screen #2 Being “Jackson County Jail” And “The Runaway”. The Second Screen Was Originally The Screen From The Colonial Drive-In Not Too Far From It.
Does anyone know where the second screen was situated on the property? From the aerials I have looked at, a second screen area was never shown.
The Baytown Sun had a column about the Decker this week. It’s behind a (cough) paywall (cough, view page source).
Anyway, the opening date was given as March 29, 1949. The Decker covered 10 acres and had room for 575 cars, plus 50 seats near the 50-foot-wide screen. The second screen was added in “the mid 70’s”.
For more info, you might contact the column’s author, Russell Hamman, at his Facebook group Baytown History with a Twist.
Can’t resist making the comment that they should have called it the Double Decker.
Wow! I remember this drive in. What a lot of memories. I moved to Texas as a kid. I was about 17 years old when I first went. I think “Up in smoke” was playing on one & “Vanishing Point” was playing on two. We had a pickup truck with 4 of us, backed in & put speaker on the side. lol was a lot of fun.. Thanks Randy for sharing pics. Those where great times. Later..
I remember going to this theater, I wish we still had drive-in theaters because,if you have children, a big family, it’s a lot more comfortable being in your vehicle, are laying in front of the car, kids jumping around and playing, we have a disabled son, he has his moments, they need to bring back the drive-in theaters, so much more convenient.
A few photos of what is left of this Drive In can now be seen here:…
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Enjoy!
Randy A. Carlisle
Historical Photographer
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