Opry Mills
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| Facts and statistics | |
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| Location | Nashville, Tennessee |
| Opening date | May 2000 |
| Developer | Mills Corporation |
| Owner | Simon Property Group |
| No. of stores and services | 200 |
| No. of anchor tenants | 15 |
| Total retail floor area | 1.2 million square feet |
| Parking | Lighted Lot |
| No. of floors | 1 |
| Website | http://www.oprymills.com |
Opry Mills is a mega shopping mall owned by Simon Property Group, formerly by its initial owners Mills Corporation and Gaylord Entertainment. It was constructed in Nashville, Tennessee in 1999 on the former site of the Opryland USA theme park. The decision to close the theme park and build a mall on the site remains a controversial and often discussed topic in Nashville’s history over a decade after the park was shuttered for the mall.
The mall is adjacent to the Grand Ole Opry House and the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center.
It contains several major stores including Bass Pro Shops, Blacklion, Bed Bath and Beyond, Gibson Bluegass Showcase, Off 5th, and Barnes & Noble.
There is also a large food court, named “Picnic in the Park,” that contains Chili’s, T.G.I. Friday’s, Great Steak and Potato Company, and Sbarro. Johnny Rockets and Romano’s Macaroni Grill restaurants are located outside the court.
The General Jackson and Music City Queen showboats, which operate on the Cumberland River, are based just outside Opry Mills.
Other attractions include Regal Opry Mills 20 and IMAX movie theater.
Many stores have failed and subsequently closed since the opening of Opry Mills including:
Hilo Hattie
NASCAR Silicon Motor Speedway (closed, reopened as “Checker Flag Lightning”, and closed again with the rest of the chain)
Tower Records (due to bankruptcy of the parent company)
Alabama Grill
Mall Entries
Opry Mills have 7 mall entries in its five neighborhoods.
- Bandstand Entry 1-to Neighborhood 1
- Porte Cochere Entry 2-to Neighborhood 2
- Front Porch Entry 3-to Neighborhood 3
- Garden Trellis Entry 4-to Food Court and Neighborhood 4
- Entertainment Entries 5, 6 & 7-to Entertainment Neighborhood 5 (Entry 5 is to Barnes & Noble, Entry 6 is to Regal 20 Cinemas, Entry 7 to Aquarium Restaurant and Stingray Reef.)
Apple Barn, Workshop Tools, Barnes & Noble, Bass Pro Shops, Dave & Busters, and Bed Bath & Beyond (plus the former Tower Records and Alabama Grill parcels) also have exterior entrances.
Anchors
- Apple Barn (24,149 sq ft (2,244 m2))
- The Aquarium (20,128 sq ft (1,870 m2))
- Barnes & Noble (24,526 sq ft (2,279 m2))
- Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World (130,131 sq ft (12,090 m2))
- Bed Bath & Beyond (30,966 sq ft (2,877 m2))
- Blacklion (21,095 sq ft (1,960 m2))
- Dave & Buster’s (56,886 sq ft (5,285 m2))
- Gibson Bluegrass Showcase (30,043 sq ft (2,791 m2))
- Nike (20,026 sq ft (1,860 m2))
- Off 5th Saks Fifth Avenue (27,567 sq ft (2,561 m2))
- Off Broadway Shoes (22,715 sq ft (2,110 m2))
- Old Navy (24,834 sq ft (2,307 m2))
- Rainforest Cafe (20,046 sq ft (1,862 m2))
- Regal Cinemas and IMAX (100,056 sq ft (9,296 m2))
- Sun & Ski Sports (21,429 sq ft (1,991 m2))