amarillo chamber of commerce - HPN Books

Amarillo attracts motorcycle rallies and tours. This group of Goldwing riders is shownviewing Palo Duro Canyon from an overlook in the Palo Duro Canyon State Park.The city’s location on old Route 66 is anattraction for people from all over the world.Visitors to the city and residents alike shop forantiques in the 13-block U.S. Route 66-SixthStreet Historic District, west of downtownAmarillo. Other shopping areas are WolflinVillage and Square, and Westgate Mall.Weekend searches by “junk to treasure,”hunters at garage sales, and flea markets invarious parts of the city are popular pastimes.The outdoor musical drama “Texas” is stagedin the stunning outdoor amphitheater in PaloDuro Canyon each night from early June tolate August. “Texas” is the longest running outdoormusical in the United States, is attendedby people from countries across the world,and is preceded by an old fashioned Texasbarbecue. Summer nights also give baseballfans the opportunity to attend minor leaguebaseball games played by the hometownAmarillo Sox. Wonderland Park, located northof Amarillo in Thompson Memorial Park, is anamusement park that has been a partner withthe City of Amarillo for sixty years.Chapter 2129