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Post by west-texan on Jul 22, 2009 21:22:13 GMT -5
Amarillo arena too small because WTAMU and Amarillo did not work together. Not enough college students around Amarillo to support events...which is a WTAMU problem. Amarillo is fast turning into the land that time forgot. We just keep falling behind...and not getting new things. And the Amarillo media refuses to talk about it. It's bad to see Lubbock getting acts that are too big for Amarillo. And others like Trans-Siberian Orchestra abandoned Amarillo...and went to Lubbock. >>> Sure...you can always move from Amarillo... >>> But the smart thing is to stay and try to get Amarillo to move forward...and fix its problems. www.kcbd.com/Global/story.asp?S=10764822 |
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Post by phantom on Jul 23, 2009 7:04:11 GMT -5
Aww, w-t, it's just a short road trip. Come on down.
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Post by west-texan on Jul 23, 2009 7:17:37 GMT -5
That's the sort of bad attitude that Amarillo has...
And that's why Amarillo is falling behind...
And the WTAMU student enrollment is no larger than it was in 1970.
Amarillo is missing out on economic opportunities...because people are willing to drive elsewhere.
Lubbock and Tech are both more aggressive...while Amarillo sleeps and goes nowhere.
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Post by west-texan on Aug 8, 2009 11:24:35 GMT -5
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Post by phantom on Aug 8, 2009 12:13:07 GMT -5
My son and DIL get to go with her family. (sigh)
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Post by west-texan on Aug 16, 2009 22:45:49 GMT -5
Lubbock gets the real Bob Dylan concert.
Amarillo gets a fake Elvis concert.
Houston....We have an Amarillo problem!
Saw a bumper sticker on a pickup yesterday afternoon that sums a few things up.
"Amarillo - Third world and proud of it."
Says a lot about the typical apathetic attitude toward progress in Amarillo.
If things don't change...Amarillo is going to continue to fall behind Lubbock and Texas Tech.
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Post by west-texan on Oct 31, 2009 12:38:03 GMT -5
Back-water Amarillo is bypassed again by another major artist for a real concert in Lubbock. All we usually hear about in Amarillo... Are minor acts playing at the Midnight Cowdump in the old Gibson's store at 45th and Georgia. www.livenation.com/edp/eventId/412620?c=addthis1108 |
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Post by phantom on Nov 1, 2009 0:08:03 GMT -5
The United Spirit Arena has helped in bringing concerts to Lubbock. A lot of artists by-passed Lubbock when the only venue was the Colliseum, which is accoustically dismal. Unfortunately, Amarillo doesn't have a school the size of Tech to build an arena.
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Post by west-texan on Dec 10, 2009 19:04:40 GMT -5
Amarillo misses out again to Lubbock and United Spirit Arena. This used to come to Amarillo... But they say our Civic Center is no longer big enough to make it worth coming to Amarillo. Amarillo and WTAMU had the chance to build a new arena..but did not work together. The Amarillo Civic Center and WT's basketball arena in Canyon are not big enough to get real concerts. >>>> Amarillo continues to fall behind by not planning for the future. www.depts.ttu.edu/unitedspiritarena/Events/tso.html |
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Post by west-texan on Feb 22, 2010 12:02:57 GMT -5
Amarillo and WTAMU need to get their arena act together. The famous Amarillo apathy and head in the sand when it comes to not planning for the future. lubbockonline.com/stories/022210/upd_566147835.shtml amarillo concert concerts arena civic center too small capacity d1 basketball lubbock united spirit arena texas tech wtamu west texas a&m university d2 |
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Post by phantom on Feb 22, 2010 21:19:45 GMT -5
$97.50 for the good seats. I think I'll be missing this one.
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Post by Old Rip on Mar 1, 2010 5:58:26 GMT -5
Just got my tickets to the Trans Siberian Orchestra concert Wednesday April 28 at the Amarillo Civic Center. This obviously must be another type of show than their Christmas show. Sorry we missed the Christmas show this year but never again. We usually go see it in Dallas since the Christmas show quit Amarillo.
$113 bucks for two tickets - not cheap, but neither is caviar. Put your money where your mouths are, complaining Amarilloans.
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Post by west-texan on Mar 2, 2010 21:43:08 GMT -5
That's just over the price of the 2 of the 2nd best tickets for TSO in Lubbock.
And Amarillo may be higher because we have less than half the seats they have in Lubbock.
Amarillo still has rather limited entertainment in some ways.
And I've heard that the management of potential new business does not like that.
I also heard that is a reason why Bell Helicopter has to force all managers to do time in Amarillo.
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Post by Old Rip on Mar 5, 2010 3:14:21 GMT -5
With Lubbock as a home to a Big XII university, Amarillo can't keep up with the entertainment Joneses down the road. A twist on the story about transferring management to Amarillo, is I heard that IBM would give them a choice between Amarillo or Lubbock and they would always choose Amarillo. I was trying to move from Montana to Seattle or Las Vegas for the bright lights when the opportunity arose here in Amarillo. I wanted to go with the bright lights in the worst way, but I had enough life experience to know it would just be another meat grinder experience. A moment of clarity came to me and I chose Amarillo and after living here 10 years this May, continues to be one of the smartest decisions I have ever made.
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Post by west-texan on Mar 5, 2010 13:49:38 GMT -5
I see the entertainment disparity with Lubbock as both an Amarillo and a WT problem.
If WT had been minding its business during the 70's and 80's...it would be at about 14,000 students.
And about IBM and Amarillo:
When mainframes and midranges were all over town in the 1970's and early 1980's.
There were more IBM employes in Amarillo with high salaries.
I was born in the mid-60's...and have been watching Amarillo ever since.
And if you adjust for inflation....
I bet there was more money flowing in Amarillo in the 60's and 70's than today.
Amarillo used to be more corporate and business oriented.
And those 300 corporate jobs that Pickens pulled out of downtown have still not been replaced.
Amarillo needs to tone down the western tourist Howdy Pardner stuff.
And start positioning itself as a modern high-tech corporate town.
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