Mesa Drive-In

3 County Road 5859,
Farmington, NM 87401

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MichaelKilgore
MichaelKilgore on May 10, 2022 at 4:31 am

The last ad I could find for the Mesa in the Farmington Daily Times was on Aug. 21, 1955, for shows through Monday, Aug. 22. Apparently, the Mesa’s final program was the Jack Palance film “Sign of the Pagan” and Maureen O'Sullivan in “Bonzo Goes to College”.

MichaelKilgore
MichaelKilgore on December 10, 2019 at 12:43 am

Boxoffice, May 13, 1950: “FARMINGTON, N. M. – Work has begun on $60,000 Mesa Drive-In four miles east of town on the Bloomfield highway. The airer is being constructed by Murphy & Sons, general contractors, on land recently purchased from Arthur Coy. The airer will accommodate 400 cars and will be managed by Frank Budai.”

Boxoffice, July 8, 1950: “FARMINGTON, N. M. – The new Mesa Drive-In erected near here by San Juan Enterprises, Inc., recently was opened. The 100-foot screen tower is built of concrete and Oregon pine. Frank Dudai, formerly of Waterflow, N. M., is manager, and Edward Pierce is projectionist.”