Barksdale Drive-In
Bossier City, Louisiana1950-1973
Order Barksdale Drive-In tees, long sleeve tees and hoodies. It was named for the air base nearby, and a color postcard shows the tower at night with the name in neon and an airplane in pink neon in the middle. The card called it the South's finest drive-in. Browse the styles below, and the full Barksdale history is further down. Every shirt is printed to order in the USA and carries the memories of bygone places and teams.
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Barksdale Drive-In History
The Barksdale Drive-In in Bossier City, Louisiana, opened on November 23, 1950, with Barricade. It stood on Old Minden Road, on the old Highway 80 north of Barksdale Air Force Base, and it took its name from the base. It had one screen and room for about 650 cars.
Lillian Lutzer of Dallas operated it at first. In March 1956 she sold it to McElroy Theatres, and it became that circuit's ninth theater.
A color postcard shows the tower at night: the name in neon across the top, an airplane in pink neon in the middle, a green diamond on each side and a row of colored lights along the base. The card called it the South's finest drive-in, with the best movies under the stars.
Drive-ins.com says it closed in 1973 after a tornado, though no newspaper account of that storm at this theater has turned up. The site now holds a roller skating rink and an office park.