Showtown Twin Drive-In

Kenmore on April 1, 2019 at 3:38 pm

The address is incorrect. As the poster for the grand opening of the drive-in shows, it was north of town along HWY 167.

A much closer address is 128 E Butcher Switch Rd, Lafayette, Louisiana. This appears to be the old entrance to the drive-in, but the property has changed considerably.

A 1998 aerial shows the remains of the Showtime Twin. Today, most of the property is an RV/trailer lot. There is no trace of the drive-in remaining.

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rivest266 on March 30, 2019 at 5:23 pm

This opened on February 16th, 1973.

Showtown USA Drive-In opening Thu, Feb 15, 1973 – 18 · The Daily Advertiser (Lafayette, Louisiana) · Newspapers.com

Frenchie35 on September 10, 2014 at 7:11 pm

I went there but I can’t recall seeing any movies…:) We use to go to the exit and back. If that didn’t work we had a trunk full of movies goers that didn’t have enough money to pay there way in……they got smart and stated checking the trunks…..

Egostomus on July 26, 2011 at 8:32 pm

I saw a lot of good movies at that theater. I remember the mosquitoes being so bad that we had to burn little coils of insect repellent called Pik just to survive the movie. There was, of course, the standard playground beneath the screens, but we were never allowed to venture to such wondrous environs.I’d love to find a photo of that old gem.