Bronco Drive-In
1105 N. Crockett Avenue,
Sonora,
TX
76950
1105 N. Crockett Avenue,
Sonora,
TX
76950
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The Bronco Drive-In was opened in 1949. It was operated by G.H. Hall. It was closed in the mid-1970’s. The old concession building and ticket booth are still there in 2018, while a convenience store now stands on the site of the screen.
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“The Bronco Drive-In Theatre in Sonora was owned and operated by Muriel and Hillman Brown from 1962 to 1974. The last movie for the Bronco Drive-in was on August 31, 1974. The Drive-in had been unprofitable for several months.” - Devil’s River News, 29 August 1974
The Devil’s River News on June 23, 1982, records the funeral of Green Hix Hall. His obituary states that he and his wife built and operated the Bronco Drive-in in the early 1950s. After his wife passed in 1955, he sold the Bronco Theatre.
A closer address is 1105 N Crockett Ave, Sonora, TX.
Although the remains of the projection booth does have an address, it connects it to 8th Street which was not the entrance to the drive-in. The Sunoco sits on the entrance road.
Today, the property is overgrown with trees. Apart from the remains of the projection booth, there is no trace of the drive-in on the property.
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A 1955 aerial shows the ticket booth on the entrance road on the east side of the property. By 1984, that area had been cleared and the ticket booth torn down. It no longer exists on the property.