Rig Drive-In
2204 U.S. Highway 62,
Brownfield,
TX
79316
2204 U.S. Highway 62,
Brownfield,
TX
79316
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Located to the north of town on U.S. Highway 62 going toward Lubbock, TX. The Rig Drive-In was opened in 1950 by the Jones Theatres circuit. By 1953 it was operated by Mrs. W.T. Howzie and Regal Theatres. It was closed later in 1953.
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A closer address is 2204 U.S. 82, Brownfield, TX. The drive-in was located on the north side of the property.
Today, the property has a business or two on it, but it is mostly an open field on the north side of an auto salvage yard. There is no trace of the drive-in remaining.
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The address that Drive-In 54 cites is too far north.
In estimating the location of the drive-in, I used the only constants from the 1954 aerial up to today, which is the position of US 82 and County Road 2066. From that, the address is as I described on the north side of 2204 U.S. 82, Brownfield, TX.
That address is the business address of Rautbort Irrigation Equipment & Supplies which occupies the southern edge of the property the drive-in was located. It’s also clear that from the sheer number of rotting vehicles that it’s an auto salvage yard as well.
While no trace of the drive-in remains, it is an open field with lots of clutter, although it does retain the basic outline.
Whatever the administrator wants to use as a location is fine with me. I’m only pointing out that the address I gave does take up at least a little of where the drive-in once stood.
You might be right!! LOL
Billboard, July 19, 1952: “Mrs. Ethel Jones Howze and son, Sammy Jones, held open house at their Rustic Drive-In Theater at Brownfield, Tex., celebrating 30 years of theater operation in the city. … The Rig Drive-In will be opened soon there, according to Mrs. Howze.”