No surprise to the twangy at heart, the Music Valley is Nashville's primary tourist attraction. And the Ryman Auditorium was home to Grand Ole Opry for over 30 years.
April 10, 2006 (Press Release) --
Music Valley
No surprise to the twangy at heart, the Music Valley is Nashville's primary tourist attraction. In a stroke of zoning genius, this premeditated tourist zone was carved from a nearby suburb and built into an American tourist mecca far from where it could sully the original downtown. The beloved Opryland amusement park was bulldozed to make way for the massive Opry Mills shopping center.
Country music's most celebrated performance venue, the Grand Ole Opry House moved here in 1974 from its original home in the Ryman Auditorium downtown. Performances are held on Friday and Saturday nights year round, and guided backstage tours are offered once a day by reservation. Across the plaza from the Opry House, the Grand Ole Opry Museum tells the Opry story using wax characters in colorful costumes and authentic artifacts - don't miss Patsy Cline's classic 1950s rec-room diorama. And as if that wasn't enough, the Minnie Pearl Museum and Roy Acuff Museum are housed in a mock-Victorian village nearby.
The Music Valley is about 10 miles (15km) northwest of downtown. River taxis ply the Cumberland River to and from downtown, a scenic hour's ride away, and paddleboat rides are available aboard the four-deck General Jackson. Land based transportation is also an option.
Ryman Auditorium
Called 'the Mother Church of Country Music,' the Ryman Auditorium was home to Grand Ole Opry for over 30 years. Riverboat captain Thomas Ryman built the huge gabled brick tabernacle in 1890, dedicating it to spiritual music, and after his death in 1904, the hall was made available for a wide variety of performances. The most famous came to be known as the Grand Ole Opry after a radio announcer introduced a Saturday-night dance with, 'For the past hour we have been listening to music taken largely from the Grand Opera, but from now on we will present the Grand Ole Opry.'
The Opry was moved to the Opryland USA complex in 1974, and 20 years later, after an $8.5 million renovation, the Ryman reopened as a performance venue. The auditorium is at its best during performances; the graceful interior is evocative on its own, but admission is steep for a self-guided tour of an empty building. The Ryman is located downtown on 5th Ave N, just east of the Convention Center.
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No surprise to the twangy at heart, the Music Valley is Nashville's primary tourist attraction. In a stroke of zoning genius, this premeditated tourist zone was carved from a nearby suburb and built into an American tourist mecca far from where it could sully the original downtown. The beloved Opryland amusement park was bulldozed to make way for the massive Opry Mills shopping center.
Country music's most celebrated performance venue, the Grand Ole Opry House moved here in 1974 from its original home in the Ryman Auditorium downtown. Performances are held on Friday and Saturday nights year round, and guided backstage tours are offered once a day by reservation. Across the plaza from the Opry House, the Grand Ole Opry Museum tells the Opry story using wax characters in colorful costumes and authentic artifacts - don't miss Patsy Cline's classic 1950s rec-room diorama. And as if that wasn't enough, the Minnie Pearl Museum and Roy Acuff Museum are housed in a mock-Victorian village nearby.
The Music Valley is about 10 miles (15km) northwest of downtown. River taxis ply the Cumberland River to and from downtown, a scenic hour's ride away, and paddleboat rides are available aboard the four-deck General Jackson. Land based transportation is also an option.
Ryman Auditorium
Called 'the Mother Church of Country Music,' the Ryman Auditorium was home to Grand Ole Opry for over 30 years. Riverboat captain Thomas Ryman built the huge gabled brick tabernacle in 1890, dedicating it to spiritual music, and after his death in 1904, the hall was made available for a wide variety of performances. The most famous came to be known as the Grand Ole Opry after a radio announcer introduced a Saturday-night dance with, 'For the past hour we have been listening to music taken largely from the Grand Opera, but from now on we will present the Grand Ole Opry.'
The Opry was moved to the Opryland USA complex in 1974, and 20 years later, after an $8.5 million renovation, the Ryman reopened as a performance venue. The auditorium is at its best during performances; the graceful interior is evocative on its own, but admission is steep for a self-guided tour of an empty building. The Ryman is located downtown on 5th Ave N, just east of the Convention Center.
Source: http://www.yahoo.com
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