Pyramid Drive-In
Beaumont, Texas
Shop Pyramid Drive-In tees, long sleeve tees and hoodies. The Beaumont, Texas, drive-in opened on July 28, 1950, with Audie Murphy in The Kid from Texas, and it took its name from a stainless steel pyramid that helped hold up the back of the screen. Both Cinema Treasures and Drive-ins.com place it where Lamar University's Cardinal Stadium now stands. Pick a style below, then read the full Pyramid 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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Pyramid Drive-In History
The Pyramid Drive-In in Beaumont, Texas, opened on July 28, 1950, with Audie Murphy in The Kid from Texas. It had one screen, room for 600 cars and 250 chairs for people who walked in. The name came from an unusual stainless steel pyramid that helped hold up the rear of the screen.
A 1950 night photo shows the effect: the dark pyramid rising through nested neon frames, with the name in script on one side and Drive In Theatre on the other, and floodlights on the base. The play area in front of the screen had murals of cartoon characters. Millard Jones was running the theater in 1956.
No closing notice has turned up. Both Cinema Treasures and Drive-ins.com place it where Lamar University's Cardinal Stadium now stands, and the stadium was finished in 1964. A commenter says it was not open in 1967. That would put the end of the Pyramid in the early 1960s at the latest, with a football field where a stainless steel pyramid had stood.