Show Boat Drive-In
Bay City, Texas1952-1979
Browse Show Boat Drive-In tees, long sleeve tees and hoodies. The Bay City, Texas, drive-in opened in 1952 along 7th Street and Highway 35, and its screen tower carried the name in big capitals over a framed mural of a riverboat. The road running south from the highway is still called Show Boat Road. Pick a style below, then read the full Show Boat 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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Show Boat Drive-In History
The Show Boat Drive-In in Bay City, Texas, opened in 1952 on the east side of town, along 7th Street and Highway 35. Long Theaters of Bay City owned it. It was the town's second drive-in, after the Bay on Horn Road, and in time it had two screens and room for about 600 cars. The stretch of road running south from the highway is still called Show Boat Road.
An early photograph shows the name in big capitals across the top of the screen tower, over a framed mural of a riverboat, with the name again in script on the marquee by the road. A 1958 Bay City High School yearbook caught the tower in the background of a picture.
It closed in 1979. The screen came down in 1986, and the refreshment stand and ticket booth followed in 2001. A Ford dealership used the land for years, and the ramps of the south field could still be picked out long after.