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Billy Bob’s Texas in the Fort Worth Stockyards is the “world’s largest honky tonk.” Here are Star-Telegram archive photos going back 41 years.
FORT WORTH, Texas — Billy Bob's Texas is getting some upgrades. And you were happy about it. Our story about the Fort Worth honkytonk's renovation plans – in particular the removal of those ...
Billy Bob's Texas closed March 13 because of restrictions set in place to curb the spread of COVID-19. It reopened June 18, then closed again June 26, in accordance with Gov. Greg Abbott's bar ...
Dallas Mavericks President Donnie Nelson says he’s willing to make a bid to buy out the other investors in Billy Bob’s Texas, saying “this Hatfield-McCoy situation” over management of the ...
UPDATE: Director of Marketing for Billy Bob's sent CBS11 the following statement: There are few entertainment venues more iconic than Billy Bob's Texas. For more than 35 years Billy Bob's has ...
Billy Bob's Texas is a spacious honky-tonk, featuring an enormous dance floor (that can accommodate up to 6,000 people), pro bull riding and a stage graced by stars like ZZ Top.
Billy Bob’s Texas has been in Fort Worth for over a century, first opening as an open-air barn for cattle in 1910. Over the years, the building was used for livestock events, ...
Texas History Why Billy Bob’s, Texas’s Most Famous Honky-Tonk, Isn’t a True Honky-Tonk A brief history of one of our most beloved (and endangered) cultural institutions.
Willie Nelson’s handprints, a crinkled setlist from Sammy Kershaw and four decades of music history line the walls of Billy Bob’s Texas. The storied venue showed off recent renovations Feb. 29 ...
Billy Bob's opened in 1981, quickly branding itself as the world's biggest bar. Its capacity was 6,000 people, and on the first night it opened fire marshals stopped allowing people in when the ...
Billy Bob’s Texas is ushering in a new era of guest experience at the Fort Worth Stockyards landmark by improving sight lines and acoustics. On a cold and rainy Thursday morning, Billy Bob’s ...