Or notify the manager who brings security to solve the problem. If by chance should have "a" holes or boorish people near you start the car and move. You can smoke your brains and not bug anybody. The drive-in is a great family entertainment value. Some family's bring a small BBQ and fire it up for a real picnic experience. This gives you more space to spread out then the "old days" when you had to park car door - to car door between the speakers poles. Put that lawn chair out there too.īecause of the Swap meets, during the day, there is a large white box painted on the ground for the swap meet vendors. The kids still love to run and play outside before the show starts.įamily's still back into the parking space and spread out the sleeping bags in the back of the trucks, Suv's, and vans. We buy soda or some snack from the snack bar just to make sure the owners make some money off the the snack bar. We order Pizza from a Poppa John's close to the theater and pick it up hot when we get there. No poles to run into or driving up and down the hills to find a working speaker. You tune your FM radio to a certain station and your sound is as good as the system you brought with you. just off a freeway quick drive home when it's 12:00 at night. We have two drive in theaters out here within 30 minutes from us. Navigation: use the links below to view more comments. KEYWORDS: 1950sstyle diner drivein lubbock opening ryansmith theater
The Stars and Stripes Drive-In, with room for 1,000 cars, is located at 5101 Clovis Highway, between Quaker Avenue and Frankford Avenue on the south side of the 766-8713 and the show starts around 8:30 or 9 p.m. Ryan said the cash-only box office opens at 7 p.m. I think he's learned a lot about starting a business, that's for sure." "I think it's really going to fit him well. "He's always been a people person, and he's always been an entrepreneur," she said. Her son dropped out of law school, but she said she's not concerned because he's doing something he loves. "One guy said 'I can't wait,"' Linda said while taking a break from cleaning countertops. Many people have come down the driveway over the past few weeks to inquire about opening night, said Ryan's mother, Linda. Just how all of our efforts have come together to make a first-class drive-in for Lubbock." "The whole thing," he said makes him most proud. He consulted his grandparents, who built and operated the Sky-Vue Drive-In in Lamesa, his parents and his sisters for advice while planning and building.īut, when he looks around, there's not just one thing he's proud of most. It's adorned with chrome stools, stainless steel splash guards and a checkerboard floor.
Smith said he's worked hard to give the diner a 1950s feel. I'll be ready to get people in here and get the first show going." "I don't know if we're going to have a packed house," Smith said.
He's keeping his fingers crossed and he's feeling opening night jitters, but local drive-in theater operator Ryan Smith said Thursday's the day his dream comes to life.Īs workmen finished digging the fenceposts and awaited the arrival of cabinets on Friday, Smith said he's ready for Thursday night when the projectors start rolling at the Stars and Stripes Drive-In. Stars and Stripes Drive-In owner ready for premiere showing Thursday By JOHN DAVIS AVALANCHE-JOURNAL Stars and Stripes Drive-In Owner Ready for Premiere Showing in Lubbock on Thursday
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