Music News – Graceland Set For A $137 Million Upgrade

Photo: Graceland Website/ Michael Ochs Archives/Corbis

Graceland is set to add a 200,000-square-foot entertainment complex that will be built across the street from Elvis Presley’s former home-turned-museum. Officials with the Memphis-based tourist attraction said Thursday (11th Aug) that the $45 million complex will included exhibits that highlight Elvis’s life and career exploits in music and film. Presley died in Memphis on 16th August, 1977.

Photo: Graceland Website

The entertainment complex is part of a $137 million expansion that includes the construction of a $92 million hotel, The Guest House at Graceland, the 450-room hotel is set to open on 27th October. The Commercial Appeal reports that the new complex will replace the existing complex, which contains a car museum, restaurants and memorabilia shops. Graceland says it is set to be completed in the spring of next year.

Here is a sneak peek of The Guest House, that will open 27th October

The Guest House / Photo Source: WMC Action News 5

One of the Bars in The Guest House/ Photo Source: WMC Action News 5

Hotel Lobby / Photo Source: WMC Action News 5

The Theater/ Photo Source: WMC Action News 5