Holiday Drive-In

200 Interstate 20 Service Road,
Odessa, TX 79766

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Previous Names: Twin-Vue Drive-In

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Holiday Drive-In

The Twin Vue Drive-In was a joint project of John Foster and Jack Laird which they opened in 1953 only one week after the Twin Terrace opened on the other end of Odessa. The Twin Vue Drive-In had two giant screens and parking spaces for 1,100 cars and a covered viewing area which could seat 1,186 walk-in patrons. Laird and Foster, twenty year associates, had two prosperous years with the Twin-Vue Drive-In before television took its toll and then decided to close it along with the Texas Theatre and Plaza Theatre.

Surprisingly the drive-in later opened as the Holiday Drive-In and lasted another two decades.

Contributed by Billy Holcomb / Billy Smith / Don Lewis

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Drive-In 54
Drive-In 54 on May 4, 2015 at 5:29 am

Address is:

200 Interstate 20 Service Rd Odessa, TX 79766

Was this called Video Park Drive-In at one time?

rivest266
rivest266 on June 23, 2017 at 12:51 am

Drive-In 54, yes it became the Video Park Drive-In on June 11th, 1977. Its grand opening ad can be found in the photo section as well as the Twin-Vue opening ad from January 7th, 1953 and the April 5th, 1956 ad for the opening of the Holiday Drive-IN.

rivest266
rivest266 on June 23, 2017 at 12:51 am

Drive-In 54, yes it became the Video Park Drive-In on June 11th, 1977. Its grand opening ad can be found in the photo section as well as the Twin-Vue opening ad from January 7th, 1953 and the April 5th, 1956 ad for the opening of the Holiday Drive-IN.

MichaelKilgore
MichaelKilgore on August 11, 2019 at 7:20 pm

From the Feb. 22, 1960 BoxOffice: “A terrific wind and sandstorm Tuesday (9) damaged several Video circuit drive-ins. … the Holiday at Odessa suffered lesser damages”.

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