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2,642 SqFt
$ 499,000
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2,642 SqFt
Key Details
Property Type Commercial
Listing Status Active
Purchase Type For Sale
Square Footage 2,642 sqft
Price per Sqft $188
MLS Listing ID 206032
Annual Tax Amount $1,517
Tax Year 2025
Source Northern Arizona Association of REALTORS®
Property Description
Own the landmark. Write the next chapter.
In the wide-open high desert along Historic Route 66, just west of Winslow, Arizona, stands a property unlike anything else on the Mother Road: Meteor City. Established in 1938 as a trading post and Texaco gas station, this iconic roadside destination has welcomed generations of travelers, road-trippers, families, curiosity seekers, and visitors on their way to experience Northern Arizona's legendary landscape. Now, during the 100th anniversary year of Route 66, a rare opportunity exists to acquire not just a commercial property, but a recognized destination with history, visual identity, operating potential, and a story that cannot be replicated. Route 66's centennial has put renewed national attention on America's most celebrated highway and the distinctive places that made the road an enduring symbol of freedom, discovery, and roadside Americana.
At the center of Meteor City is its unmistakable signature: a massive geodesic dome crowned by a dramatic mohawk, visible for miles across the desert. Paired with its giant teepees and unforgettable roadside character, the property has long possessed the one quality most destination businesses cannot buy: the ability to make people pull over.
Today, Meteor City has been revived as a family-friendly attraction anchored by the Dino Drive-Thru experience, with more than 30 dinosaur displays and a collection of visitor experiences that includes gemstone mining and fossil digging, a gift shop, vintage arcade games, a western-town photo setting, a hurricane simulator, Ride-A-Dino, Paint-A-Bug vintage VW art, carnival-style games, and oddities displays.
This is a property built around the timeless economics of memorable travel: travelers see something unusual, take the exit, stay longer, create a memory, make a purchase, take a photo, share the experience, and tell someone about it later. The existing operation offers a foundation for continued attraction use, retail, themed entertainment, events, food and beverage concepts, experiential hospitality, destination marketing, Route 66 programming, or a future owner's entirely new vision.
Meteor City has always evolved with the people who cared for it. After the original site became a trading post and gas station, owner "Lonesome Jack" Newsum turned it into a memorable Route 66 stop, famously marking it "Meteor City, Population 1," later changing it to "Population 2" after marrying Goldie. In 1979, the original rectangular trading-post building was replaced with the extraordinary geodesic dome that remains the property's visual calling card today.
For the right buyer, this is not simply an acquisition. It is a chance to own a piece of Route 66 history at the precise moment the world is celebrating 100 years of the Mother Road. Whether the next chapter is preservation, expansion, reinvention, or a bold new destination concept, Meteor City offers something rare: a recognizable landmark, an established attraction platform, and an American story still waiting to be written.
A century of Route 66. One unforgettable opportunity.
Meteor City: Population, Next.
In the wide-open high desert along Historic Route 66, just west of Winslow, Arizona, stands a property unlike anything else on the Mother Road: Meteor City. Established in 1938 as a trading post and Texaco gas station, this iconic roadside destination has welcomed generations of travelers, road-trippers, families, curiosity seekers, and visitors on their way to experience Northern Arizona's legendary landscape. Now, during the 100th anniversary year of Route 66, a rare opportunity exists to acquire not just a commercial property, but a recognized destination with history, visual identity, operating potential, and a story that cannot be replicated. Route 66's centennial has put renewed national attention on America's most celebrated highway and the distinctive places that made the road an enduring symbol of freedom, discovery, and roadside Americana.
At the center of Meteor City is its unmistakable signature: a massive geodesic dome crowned by a dramatic mohawk, visible for miles across the desert. Paired with its giant teepees and unforgettable roadside character, the property has long possessed the one quality most destination businesses cannot buy: the ability to make people pull over.
Today, Meteor City has been revived as a family-friendly attraction anchored by the Dino Drive-Thru experience, with more than 30 dinosaur displays and a collection of visitor experiences that includes gemstone mining and fossil digging, a gift shop, vintage arcade games, a western-town photo setting, a hurricane simulator, Ride-A-Dino, Paint-A-Bug vintage VW art, carnival-style games, and oddities displays.
This is a property built around the timeless economics of memorable travel: travelers see something unusual, take the exit, stay longer, create a memory, make a purchase, take a photo, share the experience, and tell someone about it later. The existing operation offers a foundation for continued attraction use, retail, themed entertainment, events, food and beverage concepts, experiential hospitality, destination marketing, Route 66 programming, or a future owner's entirely new vision.
Meteor City has always evolved with the people who cared for it. After the original site became a trading post and gas station, owner "Lonesome Jack" Newsum turned it into a memorable Route 66 stop, famously marking it "Meteor City, Population 1," later changing it to "Population 2" after marrying Goldie. In 1979, the original rectangular trading-post building was replaced with the extraordinary geodesic dome that remains the property's visual calling card today.
For the right buyer, this is not simply an acquisition. It is a chance to own a piece of Route 66 history at the precise moment the world is celebrating 100 years of the Mother Road. Whether the next chapter is preservation, expansion, reinvention, or a bold new destination concept, Meteor City offers something rare: a recognizable landmark, an established attraction platform, and an American story still waiting to be written.
A century of Route 66. One unforgettable opportunity.
Meteor City: Population, Next.
Location
State AZ
County Coconino
Area 20 - Winslow
Direction Head east along I-40 from Flagstaff for approximately 38 miles. Take exit 239 for Meteor City Rd. Follow signs to the property.
Interior
Cooling Evaporative Cooling
Exterior
Exterior Feature Other
Utilities Available Electricity Available
Others
Tax ID 40618003
Listed by Real Broker AZ
Nearby Locations
Carmen Bradley
Broker Associate License ID: 6122518-AB00
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