January 20, 2012
Nashville to get snow year round
15 years after Opryland theme park closed to make way for a doomed Shopping centre, Music City is back on the tourist map with news of a new attraction.
Dolly Parton used her birthday to announce that her Dollywood company was teaming up with Opry owners, Gaylord,to open what would be a first in the United States: an approximately $50 million water and snow park - unnamed for now - that would be a leisure travel destination in both warm and cold months.
“This is going to be so special,” said Parton, who was joined on stage for the announcement at the Grand Ole Opry House by Gov. Bill Haslam, Nashville mayor Karl Dean and Reed, all grinning with enthusiasm.
Parton, whose birthday was Thursday, was presented a pink present on stage at least twice her size that opened up to posters of water and snow park scenes as artificial snow and bubbles rained down on the audience of politicians, local merchants and media.
Opening by the summer of 2014, the theme park would sit across Briley Parkway from the hotel, just north of Two Rivers Baptist Church.
Dolly Parton used her birthday to announce that her Dollywood company was teaming up with Opry owners, Gaylord,to open what would be a first in the United States: an approximately $50 million water and snow park - unnamed for now - that would be a leisure travel destination in both warm and cold months.
“This is going to be so special,” said Parton, who was joined on stage for the announcement at the Grand Ole Opry House by Gov. Bill Haslam, Nashville mayor Karl Dean and Reed, all grinning with enthusiasm.
Parton, whose birthday was Thursday, was presented a pink present on stage at least twice her size that opened up to posters of water and snow park scenes as artificial snow and bubbles rained down on the audience of politicians, local merchants and media.
Opening by the summer of 2014, the theme park would sit across Briley Parkway from the hotel, just north of Two Rivers Baptist Church.
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