Ball-O-Jak Drive-In
3104 S. Main Street,
Roswell,
NM
88203
3104 S. Main Street,
Roswell,
NM
88203
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As kennerado noted, this drive-in consistently advertised from at least 1953 until it closed as the Ballojak (occasionally Ballojack) with no hyphens or spaces.
The Feb. 17, 1951 issue of Boxoffice included the Ballojak in a list of drive-ins under construction. The 1952 Theatre Catalog included the “Ballo Jak (sic?) D. I. Exec: R. I. Payne, Theatre Entrs., Inc., Tower Petroleum Bldg., Dallas, Tex. (500)” So it must have opened in 1951.
The final ad I could find in the Roswell Daily Record for the Ballojak, then owned by Commonwealth, was on Sept. 20, 1970.
Still in operation since 1967.
It was also called BallOJak without the dashes in the name.
A 1961 aerial photo shows the drive-in to be intact and seemingly operating.
Odd name!! Why the name Ball-O-Jak?
the ramps are still there!