Bordertown Drive-In
9200 Montana Avenue,
El Paso,
TX
79925
9200 Montana Avenue,
El Paso,
TX
79925
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Previous Names: Carlsbad Road Drive-In
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The Carlsbad Road Drive-In was a two screen ozoner that opened on July 4, 1951 with Ronald Reagan in “Bedtime for Bonzo” & Ann Blyth in “Red Canyon”. The car capacity given at 900. It was soon renamed Bordertown Drive-In. The drive-in closed in 1976.
The south screen and the concession building were destroyed by fire in 1977 and has since been demolished. There is a apartment complex on the site of the former drive-in.
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Located right HERE where the apartment cluster is now.
I used to run a go-kart business in the late 70’s at the corner of Empire and Shell, just a block North. Shell St. did not exist as a road at that time however, just a dirt road to Empire from Montana St….
The Bordertown Twin Drive-In Theatre opened on July 4, 1951. Screen #1 (its north screen) showed ‘Bedtime for Bonzo’, while Screen #2 (its south screen) showed ‘Red Canyon’, and both features were accompanied by two color cartoons.
Grand opening ad in the photo section.
Looks like the Bordertown once had a different working title.
Boxoffice, April 28, 1951: “EL PASO - A $75,000 twin drive-in, with capacity for 800 cars, will be built on the Carlsbad road by John Blocker. It will be the second twin drive-in in Texas, the first one being built by Blocker in Wichita Falls and sold recently. The El Paso airer will be called the Carlsbad Road Drive-In.”