Southwest

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.

Ii all started in 1971 when nightclub owner Sherwood Cryer asked country music legend Mickey Gilley to be his business partner. Gilley's Club became on the most iconic nightclubs of the 1970s and 1980s, as well as a Texas institution. It was featured in...

Weingarten's was a supermarket chain based in Houston. While most of its locations were in the greater Houston area, it had locations in San Antonio, Austin, Shreveport, Louisiana, and Memphis, Tennessee. The parent company sold the grocery stores to concentrate on its commercial real...

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, Six Flags Mall went into a steady decline.?? It closed in 2012, reopened under...

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 film??True Stories by Talking Heads member David Byrne. The mall closed in 2001 and...

The Summit opened in 1975 and was home to the NBA's Houston Rockers for whom the arena was primarily constructed. However, it was also the home ice of the original Houston Aeros of the World Hockey Association from 1975 until 1978, as well as...

Greezed Lightnin' was a steel coaster at AstroWorld in Houston, Texas that opened in 1978. It closed with the rest of the park at the end of the 2005 operating season. At a height of 137.8 feet, it reached a top speed of 60...

The Phoenix Giants were a AAA baseball team that played in The Pacific Coast League (PCL) in 1958 and 1959 and then from 1966 to 1997, when the National League Arizona Diamondbacks began play. They were the long-time farm team of the San Francisco...

The Corpus Christi Sharks joined af2, a minor league run by the Arena Football League (AFL), in 2007. Their homefield was the American Bank Center. Their head coach was San Antonio native, and AFL veteran Michael Trigg. The team folded in 2009.

The Ft. Worth Texans hockey team was established in 1967 as the Wings, a farm team of Detroit's top-level team. They played in the Central Hockey League (CHL) at the Will Rogers Coliseum. In 1974, they became the Texans. They defeated their arch rivals...

Threadgill's opened in Austin in 1933 as a gas station and beer bar by Kenneth Threadgill. A live music space was added in the 1970s. A South Austin location was added in 1996. Both closed in 2020.

Mad Dog and Beans was an Austin institution.

The Dirty Dog Bar was a music venue and bar located on 6th Street in Austin. It's large stage, state-of-the-art lighting and sound made it one of Austin's top live music venues.

The Islands was a Polynesian bar and restaurant in Phoenix that operated from 1958 through the '70s.??

Seven Seas Marine Life Park??was a??marine mammal and??animal theme park that opened in Arlington in 1972. Owned by the city, the 35-acre park was close to Arlington Stadium as well as a large theme park. IN 1976, city council of voted to close the...

The Express rolled into the majors on??September 11,??1966 playing for New York in the senior circuit. After a stint out west with California in the 1970s, he returned to his home state, first playing in Houston, then heading up north.

KDGE first it the airwaves in 1962 as KJIM. After multiple ownership and format changes, 94.5's alternative rock format and call letters (KDGE) were moved to the 102.5 frequency in 2000. In 2017, the station changed it's format to adult contemporary.

The Houston Apollos played in the Central Hockey League (CHL) from 1965 to 1969 and were the farm team of the NHL Montreal Canadiens. In 1969, the team was moved to Montreal and renamed the Voyageurs. In 1971, they moved to Halifax, retaining the...

The Long Beach Ice Dogs were established in 1990 as the San Diego Gulls in the International Hockey League. The team moved up the 5 in 1995 and became the Los Angeles Ice Dogs. After one season in the old Los Angeles Memorial Sports...

The San Antonio Thunder played in the original North American Soccer League in 1975 and 1976 before moving west to become Team Hawaii. Their home pitch was North East Stadium in 1975 and Alamo Stadium in 1976. After a year in the Pacific, they...