51 Drive-In

801 N. Broadway Avenue,
Dimmitt, TX 79027

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Kenmore
Kenmore on June 3, 2025 at 7:01 pm

A closer address is 801 N Broadway, Dimmitt, TX.

Google Maps has updated their addresses and this puts it where the entrance road once stood.

A 1957 aerial shows the drive-in intact and perhaps operational. By 1984 it had been completely demolished.

Today, Bi-Wize Home sits on the south half of the property where the entrance road was at. While the north half is undeveloped, but totally razed with no trace of the drive-in remaining save for the foundation of the projection booth/concession stand.

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dallasmovietheaters
dallasmovietheaters on June 3, 2025 at 6:43 pm

October 15, 1954 grand opening ad with “Four Guns to Border” in photos

MichaelKilgore
MichaelKilgore on April 29, 2022 at 7:41 pm

Boxoffice, July 2, 1955: “The 51 Drive-In opened here recently with a new screen. The old screen was blown down during a windstorm recently, said Owner H. H. Carlile.”

MichaelKilgore
MichaelKilgore on November 17, 2019 at 6:40 am

Billboard, Nov. 13, 1954: “H. A. Carlile has announced that construction has started at Dimmitt, Tex., of a 300-car capacity drive-in which is being built at a cost of $50,000. It will be equipped with CinemaScope and feature a concession stand in the center of the parking area.”