Gas Monkey Live, Music venue in Northwest Dallas, United States
Gas Monkey Live occupied a wide, low building in Northwest Dallas with a flat roofline, its facade clad in rough grey-brown stone blocks on the left and centre and a smooth light grey surface on the right. A horizontal band of rectangular dark windows ran across the stone facade, with glass entrance doors and more windows below. A dark sign panel with green script reading "Gas Monkey Live" sat high on the stone, beside a narrow vertical red section. The 3,500 m2 hall held up to 3000 people.
The venue opened with Social Distortion as the opening act in October 2014 following a transformation of the former restaurant space. This marks the beginning of its role as a dedicated music hall in the Dallas area.
The name comes from Richard Rawlings, star of the Discovery series Fast N' Loud and owner of Gas Monkey Garage and Gas Monkey Bar N' Grill. The car-culture link showed in November 2014, when Mötley Crüe played a free "Dodge Rocks Gas Monkey" show open only to owners of Dodge Charger, Challenger and Viper cars, and Dodge presented the 2015 Charger and Challenger SRT Hellcat there.
The venue occupies a 3,500 m2 (38,000 sq ft) footprint and holds up to 3,000 people. It sits in Northwest Dallas on the site of the former Toby Keith's I Love This Bar & Grill. The building closed in May 2020, so check its current status before planning a visit.
In November 2014, midway through Mötley Crüe's "All Bad Things Must End" tour, the band worked with Dodge on a free show called "Dodge Rocks Gas Monkey" open only to owners of Charger, Challenger and Viper cars. Dodge presented the 2015 Charger SRT Hellcat and Challenger SRT Hellcat at the performance.
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