Amarillo Opening 2024

If you drive around Amarillo and especially Sixth Street you can take a trip down memory lane. You can relive places that used to be there. There are shops and restaurants that have come and gone.

This is not a drill. This is not a wait-and-see. Nope, the movie theater inside Westgate Mall is about to open. We were first told it was going to open in January. OK, so they missed that target date.

I love it when a restaurant in Amarillo announces its existence and the next thing you know bam they are opened. They are not dragging their feet at all. There is no waiting. We don't find out about them one week and then nothing.

The one thing we can say about Amarillo is that we love our food. Drive up and down pretty much any main street in our city and you will find evidence of that. So when some place new opens up we rejoice.

While driving around Amarillo I try to notice things in the area. Those a-ha moments when you see something new. When you discover something in your surroundings make for the best stories.

We have been watching the locations near 58th and Georgia in Amarillo being built and watching as they open up. Finally, that area is getting some love. There is a Walmart, a couple of pizza places, gas stations, and a McDonald's.

It's been years since Amarillo could go to Westgate Mall and catch a good movie. I mean years. I remember going there a lot. Catching a movie and doing some shopping. Or dropping my daughter off to watch a movie while I shopped.

I find myself driving around Amarillo a lot. Even before I started my career as a Door Dasher I still liked to drive around to see what was going on in my city. I still do that but now I make money and can use my mileage as a tax deduction. A win in my book.