Gilley’s Club in Pasadena, Texas (from Urban Cowboy)
Gilley’s was a bar/honky tonk founded in 1971 by country singer Mickey Gilley in Pasadena, Texas. It was the central location in the 1980 movie Urban Cowboy.
Sherwood Cryer was the co-owner of Gilley’s; he had many night clubs in Pasadena.
Gilley’s ceased operations after a falling-out between Gilley and Cryer. In 1989, a fire, attributed to arson, gutted the interior. The rodeo arena and some livestock stalls were the only structures still standing until 2006, when it was demolished by the Pasadena Independent School District, its current owner. Only the old sound recording studio remains, on Spencer Highway.
On October 2, 2003, Gilley’s was reopened at a new location in Dallas-Fort Worth. The new club features a 26,000-square-foot (2,400 m2) main show room and the original mechanical bull, El Toro, featured in the movie Urban Cowboy. In total, the new club has 91,000 square feet (8,500 m2) of restaurant, entertainment, meeting, and private function space.
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Darcymarie 2:32 pm on April 6, 2013 Permalink |
Urban cowboy had some absolutely fantastic costume design
Darwin Helms 2:15 pm on February 19, 2015 Permalink |
I am looking for pictures of the bull riding around 1983. I rode Bulls there and was looking for pictures!
Meseret Hailu 10:21 pm on August 27, 2016 Permalink |
thank you friend. truly i wish you all the best luck with your quest.