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A favorite of locals and tourists alike, Wet 'n Wild was America's first water park. Opened in 1977 it welcomed its last visitors on December 31, 2016.
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Big Town Mall opened in 1959 in the Dallas suburb of Mesquite and was the first enclosed shopping center in the Southwest. The center's exterior was featured in the 1985...
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The Six Flags Mall opened in 1970 in Arlington and took it's name from the nearby amusement park. After the Parks at Arlington shopping center opened in the late 1980s,...
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In 1952, a group of Texas millionaires led by brothers Giles and Connell Miller purchased the assets, including the roster, of the New York Yanks football team, which had been...
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KZEW, "The Zoo," debuted in the fall of 1973 after changing its call letters from WFAA, which first went on the air in 1947. Throughout the rest of the 70s...
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The Dallas Chaparrals were charter members of the American Basketball Association (ABA) in 1967. Though successful on the court, the team drew poorly. In 1973, the team was acquired by a...
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Sivils Drive-In opened in Houston in 1938. After an article in Life magazine, a Dallas location was opened in 1940. A Birmingham location was later added to the chain.
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The Dallas Chaparrals were charter members of the American Basketball Association (ABA) in 1967. Though successful on the court, the team drew poorly. In 1973, the team was acquired by a...
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The Longhorn Ballroom opened in Dallas in 1950 and hosted everyone from the Sex Pistols to Merle Haggard.
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The original American Basketball Association (ABA) was founded in 1967 as a challenger to the established NBA. After fierce competition between the two for fans and players, 4 ABA teams...
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The American Football League (AFL) was founded in 1959 as yet another attempt to challenge the National Football League. While the previous attempt, the AAFC,had gotten 3 of its 7...
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Tower Records was founded in Sacramento, California in 1960. It expanded to over 40 states and was one of the first music retailers to embrace the mega-store concept. In 2004...
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The Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) debuted in 1978 with six teams. Playing on a astroturf-covered hockey rinks, the league quickly grew in popularity through the 1980s. Interest began to...
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If you didn't have MTV in the early to mid '80s, or even if you did, you were parked in front of the TV to watch Friday Night Videos on NBC after The...
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Musicland was founded in Minneapolis in 1955. In 1964, it merged with music distributor JL Marsh followed by merger in 1968 with record label and distributor Pickwick International. In 1977,...
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Steeped in '70s, and a little '80s, nostalgia, the Have a Nice Day Cafe was a chain of restaurants that operated from the mid-90s to the early 2000s. At its...
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The Dallas Tornado soccer team was a charter member of the United Soccer Association (USA) in 1967. In 1968, the team, along with the rest of the USA, merged with...
