Negative-G - The Remains Of Opryland U.S.A.

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The remains of Opryland USA, Nashville, TN

As a result of declining attendance Gaylord; Opryland's owners started wondering if the property would be better suited as something that could turn a profit year round.

Instead of investing in the park or adding new rides it was decided to close Opryland and build something that would turn a profit year round, a giant shopping mall.

On December 31, 1997 Opryland USA closed its gates ending twenty-five years of fun.

Here is a very young Bond (he is a month away from turning sixteen as I write this) Bond trying to channel some of the fun that was once had at Opryland USA.

So Gaylord Entertainment "paved paradise and put up a parking lot". These empty spaces are where the rest of Opryland was. Once has to wonder with all of this unused space (this was in the middle of the Christmas shopping season) if they could have left the theme park, added the mall and gotten creative with the parking