A longtime Arizona bar has closed after nearly 70 years. Waddell’s Longhorn Corral in Buckeye held its final day on Sunday, Sept. 6. The bar dates to 1958, on what was then a rural corner of the West Valley, well before Verrado, the shopping centers and the traffic that now surround it. The state’s liquor license record goes back to March 1964, and the business added a restaurant and live country bands in 2005. Regulars knew it for burgers and steaks, live music, a dance floor, karaoke, poker nights, a back patio and a mechanical bull. A 2020 PHOENIX magazine story described it as a meeting point between old Buckeye and new Buckeye. The closing was marked with a final countdown that began Aug. 25, followed by a final weekend from Sept. 4 to 6. Longtime customers were invited back to share stories and say goodbye. In a message posted after the closing, the owners thanked customers and said the place had been more than a bar to generations of people. They asked the public to support ...