Mustang Drive-In
2094 State Loop 432,
Sweetwater,
TX
79556
2094 State Loop 432,
Sweetwater,
TX
79556
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A pipeline was built right down the middle of the property in 2024. The remains of the old concession building still remain. When I was there ten years ago the old projectors were still there, open to the elements.
A 1957 aerial shows the drive-in intact and appearing operational with no go-kart track in front of the screen.
By 1966, it had been demolished.
Today, there is some debris where it once stood, but whether that has anything to with the drive-in I cannot determine. What I can say is that the land was never developed and you would never know a drive-in was once present.
Boxoffice, Oct. 31, 1953: “Park Drive-In on west U.S. 80 has been sold by L. R. Manor to J. T. Carty and Ray Wilson, both of El Paso. They renamed the theatre the Mustang in honor of the high school football team.”
Here are the coordinates for this old Drive-In: 32°27'43.81"N 100°26'21.84"W. You can also use this partial address to get there via Google Earth: Bales Street, Sweetwater, TX 79556. It is (North)behind the current business. In the July 2019 street view, there is a sign on the building that says Key Energy Services. There isn’t much left of the drive-in.
I believe the 1987 topo view is of the Midway drive in down the road from the Mustang drive in.
A possible address is 2094 State Loop 432, Sweetwater, TX.
A 1966 aerial photo shows what appears to be the remains of a drive-in with a go-kart track. The drive-in was on the north side of what is now West Texas Gas and about a ½ mile east of the Midway Drive-In which is still standing.
Today, there is no trace of the drive-in remaining.
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Billboard, Feb. 16, 1952: “L. D. Manor, owner of the Park Drive-In, Sweetwater, Tex., last week announced that he plans to install in-car speakers, new lighting system and widen theater’s entrance.”