El Charro Drive-In
830 Merida Street,
San Antonio,
TX
78207
830 Merida Street,
San Antonio,
TX
78207
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Opened in August 1953, this 400 car drive in was one of the smaller ones in San Antonio. It played Spanish speaking films. Closed in 1979.
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Chuck Van Bibber
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There is now a housing project that was built recently over the old area where it once stood.
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Why the name El Charro?
“T. J. ‘Stout’ Jackson, builder of screen towers and Robstown theatre operator, was in San Antonio constructing a new screen tower for the El Charro Drive-In which was blown down by recent high winds.” — BoxOffice, Feb. 22, 1960
Billboard, Aug. 8, 1953: “El Charro Drive-In has been opened in San Antonio by John H. Flache, Lamesa, Tex. Delmo Pierce has been named manager.”