Trail Drive-In

910 SE Military Drive,
San Antonio, TX 78214

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rivest266
rivest266 on January 17, 2020 at 12:18 am

Taken over by Santikos theatres in 1973 and switched to adult programming that year.

davidcoppock
davidcoppock on January 12, 2020 at 6:59 am

Opened with a cartoon(not named), and “Arilene Town”.

rivest266
rivest266 on January 12, 2020 at 12:41 am

The Trail Drive-In opened on April 28th, 1946. Grand opening ad posted

arto
arto on November 9, 2017 at 7:44 pm

Just before demolition, per Library of Congress: Roadside America -- Trail Drive-in Theater, San Antonio, Texas

https://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/24366123818

FlashBack1968
FlashBack1968 on August 23, 2013 at 7:58 pm

Aerial view, looking northeast, showing the Trail Drive-In shortly after it opened in 1946. Roosevelt Avenue and Mission San Jose are at upper right.

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Silicon Sam
Silicon Sam on January 1, 2011 at 1:34 am

1973 Aerial View:

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Was a Wal-Mart at one time, the new Wal-Mart Supercenter is located a couple of blocks to the West, new location looks to be occupied by new tenants.

TLSLOEWS
TLSLOEWS on May 8, 2010 at 9:07 pm

Nice screen photo ken mc.

Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on January 9, 2010 at 12:37 pm

Boxoffice of May 7, 1949, said that the architect of Underwood & Ezell’s new Trail Drive-In was Jack Corgan.

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on May 3, 2009 at 2:17 am

Here is a 1973 photo from the Smithsonian:
http://tinyurl.com/d3p6og

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on February 9, 2008 at 10:35 pm

Here is a photo, circa late 1970s:
http://tinyurl.com/ysmljg

Jim Miller
Jim Miller on July 4, 2006 at 11:40 pm

The Trail was the first drive in built with In Car Speakers. It was similar to the Fredericksburg Road drive in as it was built by the same company. Unfortunately the Trail suffered the same indignity of the Fred. Road and was turned to a porno theatre in it’s last years. It was a very sad end to one of the great theatres in San Antonio.

lyssa751
lyssa751 on March 16, 2005 at 8:57 pm

I read somewhere that a local Ford Dealership in SA restored the Neon screen right before it was demolished to shoot a commerical at the Trail when it was still up in the early 80’s. The front of the mural depicted a cowboy on a horse looking over the range in the desert. If you do a search on this drive-in on the internet, you may be able to see examples of the mural.