Chief Drive-In

5501 US-277,
Abilene, TX 79606

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Kenmore
Kenmore on March 22, 2023 at 12:46 pm

The walking track is way too small to have encircled the drive-in. Plus, the track does not appear in any of the aerial photos until 2004, decades after the drive-in was demolished.

davidcoppock
davidcoppock on March 22, 2023 at 10:18 am

Opened on 15th July 1955 with a colour cartoon(not named?), “Gunbelt” and “Return to Treasure Island”.

malcolmdc
malcolmdc on March 22, 2023 at 3:21 am

The walking trail is actual a drive way that circled the Chief Drive In back in the day.

MichaelKilgore
MichaelKilgore on April 30, 2022 at 11:08 pm

Boxoffice, Aug. 20, 1955: “Clarence McNeil opened his new Chief Drive-In about a mile west of town on U. S. 277. The new theatre will accommodate 450 cars.”

Kenmore
Kenmore on October 31, 2019 at 1:24 pm

A 1968 aerial shows the drive-in demolished with only the ramps and outline remaining.

By 1995, the drive-in had virtually faded away. Today, the property is mostly an open field with a walking track located on the north side of Faith Deliverance Community Church. There is no trace remaining.