{"id":141653,"date":"2026-01-28T21:06:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T21:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/141653\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T21:06:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T21:06:08","slug":"new-parking-improvements-at-speaking-rock-in-el-paso","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/141653\/","title":{"rendered":"New Parking Improvements At Speaking Rock In El Paso"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Speaking Rock has seen a lot of improvements throughout its history in El Paso&#8217;s lower valley,. Now they&#8217;re taking their parking game up a notch.<\/p>\n<p>The Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo goes back centuries, Speaking Rock Casino is a lot younger, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.500nations.com\/casinos\/txSpeakingrockCasino.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">opening in 1993<\/a>.\u00a0 The state of Texas shut it down a few years later in 2003 but they reopened in 2016 as the Speaking Rock Entertainment Center and the battle began anew.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the seemingly endless barrage of legal challenges by Texas, Speaking Rock steadily stepped things up at almost every level. Now, the parking gets an upgrade.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s New With Speaking Rocks Parking?<\/p>\n<p>To better accommodate folks attending events at Speaking Rock, having diner at the new 1682 Steakhouse or those just having a beer and hanging out; Speaking Rock now has a new lot.<\/p>\n<p>Those extra 150 parking spaces are going to come in super handy as Speaking Rock is gearing up for a pretty busy year as far as live events go and also plan on a lot of extra traffic in and out of their new steakhouse.<\/p>\n<p>When Did Speaking Rock Legal Issues End?<\/p>\n<p>Finally, after twenty &#8211; something years, <a href=\"https:\/\/klaq.com\/its-over-tiguas-win-decades-long-battle-with-texas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Texas said &#8220;uncle&#8221; in 2022<\/a>. Along with the new 1682 Steakhouse, poker is back at Speaking Rock Entertainment Center and the free concerts and sporting events will continue.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/klaq.com\/and-the-speaking-rock-battle-of-the-bands-winner-is-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Speaking Rock 1 &#8211; Texas 0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Over the past couple of decades, Speaking Rock as hosted many boxing and MMA type events, Pow-Wows, held huge Dallas Cowboys watch parties and brought tons of bands in to perform for FREE.<\/p>\n<p>What Rock Bands Played Speaking Rock?<\/p>\n<p>It all started with Korn in October of 2010. (It was the Saturday before Halloween so many peeps came in costume, it was awesome.) Since then, we&#8217;ve &#8220;rocked the Rock&#8221; with In This Moment, Disturbed, The Funeral Portrait, Papa Roach, Hollywood Undead, Escape The Fate, (<a href=\"https:\/\/klaq.com\/talking-drummers-with-robert-ortiz-of-escape-the-fate-pt-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">drummer Robert Ortiz<\/a>\u00a0actually grew up on the reservation), Danko Jones, Godsmack, Volbeat, Pop Evil, Hellyeah and a ton more.<\/p>\n<p>15 Native American Artists in Rock + Metal<\/p>\n<p class=\"photogallery-credit\">Gallery Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/loudwire.com\/author\/loudwirestaff\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Graham Hartmann, Joe DiVita<\/a><\/p>\n<p> 10 Real Texas Laws You Won\u2019t Believe Are On The Books<\/p>\n<p>These Texas laws seem pretty weird, but they must be there for a reason, right? What on earth led to these having to be passed?<\/p>\n<p class=\"photogallery-credit\">Gallery Credit: Piggie <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Speaking Rock has seen a lot of improvements throughout its history in El Paso&#8217;s lower valley,. 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