End of an Era: John Wayne's Alamo Villiage for sale - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Brian Damage · 01-30-2010, 04:15 PM

With the passing of Texas Icon, Virginia F. Webb Shahan, a difficult business decision has been made by family members. Alamo Village is closed to the general public. Our gates have been open to the visiting public and to the film industry for fifty years. At this time, we choose to close the gates of Alamo Village in order to reconstruct management and possibly redirect our efforts toward new positive goals. The future possibilities for this historical movie set are many. At present time, managers and owners continue with sound decision making even in the midst of a troubled economy. Our future goal includes the pursuit of continued business relations within the film industry, producing more and even larger trail drives and promoting individual group tours. As decisions are finalized, announcements will be made to the general public.

“To the multitudes of visitors, businesses, employees and dear friends who have contributed to the success of Alamo Village throughout these five decades, we offer our heartfelt gratitude and a sincere Texas thank you.” God Bless us one and all.

September 26th 2009 Tullisha Shahan-Wardlaw passed away.

She will be missed as much as her dear Daddy and Mother are.

Our prayers go out to the whole Shahan-Wardlaw family.

http://thealamovillage.homestead.com/AlamoVillage.html

Schmoopie · 01-31-2010, 02:30 AM

Okay, stupid question, but I lived in Texas for 28 years and I don't think I'm familiar with this Alamo Village. I've been to the real thing numerous times, but surely they aren't closing that off to tourists, are they?

Marvo301 · 01-31-2010, 03:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Schmoopie

Okay, stupid question, but I lived in Texas for 28 years and I don't think I'm familiar with this Alamo Village. I've been to the real thing numerous times, but surely they aren't closing that off to tourists, are they?

Alamo Village is a movie set located on a ranch 7 miles north of Brackettille, Texas. It contains one of the world's largest movie backlots. It was originally built for the John Wayne movie "The Alamo". Over 200 major feature films, TV movies, mini-series, documentaries, commercials, and music videos have been filmed there. It has no affiliation at all with the actual Alamo, which I'm sure is still open to tourists.

Schmoopie · 01-31-2010, 04:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Marvo301

Alamo Village is a movie set located on a ranch 7 miles north of Brackettille, Texas. It contains one of the world's largest movie backlots. It was originally built for the John Wayne movie "The Alamo". Over 200 major feature films, TV movies, mini-series, documentaries, commercials, and music videos have been filmed there. It has no affiliation at all with the actual Alamo, which I'm sure is still open to tourists.

Okay, I've never even heard of Brackettille, Texas, so it's probably safe to say that I've never been there! Thanks for clearing that up! I'm sure there would be a huge uproar if they ever closed the Alamo to tourists!

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Schmoopie Keep Calm and Love Snoopy Forum Star Join Date: Jul 13, 2008 Location: Lynnwood, Washington Posts: 15,697	Okay, stupid question, but I lived in Texas for 28 years and I don't think I'm familiar with this Alamo Village. I've been to the real thing numerous times, but surely they aren't closing that off to tourists, are they?
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