Golden Horseshoe Drive-In
Lubbock, Texas1956-1987
Browse Golden Horseshoe Drive-In tees, long sleeve tees and hoodies. The Lubbock, Texas, theater opened in 1956 with World Without End and The Atomic Man. The back of its screen tower carried four large horseshoes in a row, hung open end down, which one commenter says is the unlucky way. Pick a style below, then read the full Golden Horseshoe history further down. Every shirt is printed to order in the USA and carries the memories of bygone places and teams.
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Golden Horseshoe Drive-In History
The Golden Horseshoe Drive-In in Lubbock, Texas, opened on July 5, 1956, with World Without End and The Atomic Man. It stood at 6501 University Avenue, behind a tin fence. Figures for its size run from 800 cars to about 1,000.
The back of the screen tower faced the road and carried four large horseshoes in a row. They hung with the open end down, which one commenter points out is the unlucky way. W.O. Bearden ran it along with other Lubbock theaters. A December 1961 trade report listed it among the Lubbock houses he owned, beside the Red Raider and Westerner drive-ins and the indoor Arcadia, with more theaters in Amarillo and Clovis, New Mexico. In that same report he said he had held on to his old Chief Theatre in Lubbock for 23 years, longer than he should have, for sentimental reasons. In 1972 he asked the city for zoning changes so he could add a screen facing 66th Street, and the board of adjustment turned him down.
Listings give 1987 as its last year, with demolition the same year to clear the ground for a K-Mart.