Big Chief Drive-In
Business Highway 10,
Lordsburg,
NM
88045
Business Highway 10,
Lordsburg,
NM
88045
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Still can be seen (ramps) from the Googlemaps Aerial view.. 32.335700, -108.655226 . The Cement foundation for the projection booth and snack bar still shows up also..
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The last Chief ad I could find in the Lordsburg Liberal was Aug. 28, 1964. “Seven Ways From Sundown” was going to play until Sunday, Aug. 30, then “Drive-in closes after Sunday show for winter months.” Spot checks of summer 1965 issues showed ads for the indoor Coronado but nothing for the Chief.
The April 16, 1954 issue of the Lordsburg Liberal said the Chief Drive-In would open on April 17 with “Stalag 17” starring William Holden. “The Chief Drive-In has been under construction for several months now and is located about three miles east of town on Highways 70 and 80.”
From the Jan. 2, 1954 Motion Picture Herald:
Mrs. S. E. Allen expects to open her new 300-car drive-in at Lordsburg, N. M., in the early spring, and about the same opening date has been set for J. C. West’s 300-car drive-in, Grants, N. M.
Listed in the FDY of 1956, 1964 &1968
This drive-in was east of town on hwy 70 (now Old US 70). The ramps are still visible.