TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — It’s been just over a year since Old Tucson Studios closed its doors. The famous western attraction shuttered because of the pandemic. Now, after a long and at times secretive process, Pima County is getting ready to announce who will take over the lease.
“The proposal period now has closed and they are actively considering whatever proposals have come in,” said filmmaker and Chair of the Arizona Film Expo, Daryl Mallett.
Mallet was also a member of the Pima County Old Tucson Task Force. They helped in the county’s process of finding the right developer to take over the lease of Old Tucson. Although he doesn’t know who County Administrator Chuck Huckelberry will recommend to the supervisors, he does get a sense the decision will be announced soon. — Source: KGUN9.com
Gates Pass Area In The Tucson Mountains — Panorama by kenne (This panorama was created by merging three photos in Adobe Lightroom)
The road through the pass is narrow with lots of curves and no shoulders for the many bikers going along the crest of the Tucson Mountains.
Sunsets in the Sonoran Desert at beautiful, especially when viewed from Gates Pass after spending the day at Old Tucson or Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum.
High Chaparral Ranch Set at Old Tucson Studios — Image by kenne
My Heart Beats Free by Keith Ward Oh how I loved them TV shows and the stories I’d read, About the cowboys and their horses free and brave. Heroes to us young boys, a rare and special breed. Taught us how true men should behave.
And I’d dream about someday and I’d dream about the west. And I’d dream about the man that I would be. And I felt that man’s heart beating inside a boy’s chest, And I knew that heart would die if not set free.
Not the movie studio it used to be, Old Tucson Studios remains a historical site
for movie buffs and a fun place for youth. Located just west of Tucson, Arizona,
adjacent to the Tucson Mountains and close to the western portion
of Saguaro National Park, the site was built in 1939 for the movie Arizona.
Last Friday, during James and Jill’s visit, we spent a beautiful, fun day
at the Old Tucson Studios. Not quite the same place as it was when
I first visited the Studios in 1968, but still a great place to take visitors.
The slideshow below contain twelve of thirty-one photos in my Flickr
Gates Pass Area In The Tucson Mountains — Panorama by kenne (This panorama was created by merging three photos in Adobe Lightroom)
Old Tucson Locomotive Legend, the Reno
Old Tucson Backlot Express — Images by kenne
Becoming is Superior to Being 