This absurdly large honky-tonk is a symbol of Texas for many people and pretty much a Western theme park. With 40 bar stations, a monster dance floor for hard-core boot-scootin', a rodeo arena, pool tables, mechanical bulls and pro bull riding, it's 7 acres of country-and-western heaven. Open more than 20 years now, Billy Bob's continues to draw the biggest names in country music.
Billy Bob's bills itself as "the world's largest honky-tonk." And with three acres under cover and 32 bars (they once sold 16,000 beers during a Hank Williams, Jr., concert), nobody's arguing. In what was once a vast indoor barn for thousands of prize cattle, you now find an undercover small town where multigenerational crowds of 6,000 can gather to play billiards, video games, and slot...