Phil Ruffin on his Park City entertainment mecca: ‘It’s gonna blow your mind’

The new Gilley’s entertainment complex in Park City will have pari-mutuel betting, games, a variety of live music and other ...
Cowboy State Daily

Looking For Love At The NFR: Urban Cowboy Ruins A Honky-Tonk Dream At Gilley's

Rodeo fans stampede to Vegas for the National Finals Rodeo, but one obnoxious “Arizona Urban Cowboy” manages to ruin every ...

Rewatching 'Urban Cowboy' reveals a lost Houston and its iconic honky-tonk era defined by Gilley's

Long before craft cocktails and food halls took over the region's nightlife, Houston had Gilley's, a honky-tonk so enormous ...
Sun Sentinel

Mickey Gilley, country music star whose bar inspired the film ‘Urban Cowboy’ dies at age 86

Country star Mickey Gilley, whose namesake Texas honky-tonk inspired the 1980 film “Urban Cowboy” and a nationwide wave of Western-themed nightspots, has died. He was 86. Gilley died Saturday in ...