Plains Drive-In
Ranch to Market 2020 and N. County Road W,
Odessa,
TX
79764
Ranch to Market 2020 and N. County Road W,
Odessa,
TX
79764
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The Plains Drive-In opened Wednesday June 21, 1950 with “Montana”. It was the brainchild of Phil Isley who owned a dozen Dallas theaters and three in California. He was best known as the father of the gorgeous, Academy Award winning actress, Jennifer Jones.
The venture was joined by the Scott Family and within a couple months Isley was gone making the Plains Drive-In a part of the Scott Theater firm. It was in operation until the 1970’s, but became ignored by fans and closed without fanfare nor a whimper from historians.
No one seemed to mind when bulldozers moved in crushing it into oblivion. Today the site is covered by all kinds of businesses, but a few people remember it and were touched by its passing.
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Billy Holcomb / Billy Smith / Don Lewis
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In 1956 the PLAINS DRIVE-IN parked 800 cars making it the largest Drive-in in Odessa it was owned by Mrs.Maggie Scott.
Nice vintage photo Don.
Ranch to Market 2020 & N County Rd W, Odessa, TX 79764
The above address will map to the proper location of the drive-in.
Below is a 1963 aerial photo for this drive-in, courtesy of Earth Explorer and USGS:
http://flic.kr/p/94Qgtr
It should read “N. COUNTY Road W.” Not “Country.”
Country = bad mapping.
Someone needs to update the prescription on there glasses…lol :)
Oh, I can imagine. I was just pointing out that it should map with the correct spelling. That is why these comment boxes are here, to add information and point out mistakes.
I was just kidding around about the glasses, the eyes start to fail after too many hours in front of the computer. Whoever manages the updates is doing a fantastic job, a little mistake here and there is inevitable.
Approx. address for this drive-in was 1220 West University Boulevard. The entrance is now Westview Clinic.
From 1950 a photo of the Plains Drive-In in Odessa Texas.
Uploaded a picture of the completed Plains Drive in from the Texas Tech University Special Collections.
Opened with 30 minutes of cartoons and comedies(not named) and “Montana”.