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Panther Hall

Location: Fort Worth, Texas

PANTHER HALL. Panther Hall was a live-music performance hall at the intersection of East Lancaster and Collard in Fort Worth. The establishment was opened in 1961 by Bill and Corky Kuykendall as a bowling stadium. The 32,000-square-foot hall was soon converted from bowling to rock-and-roll, and then from rock-and-roll to country...

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