Opry Mills

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**Opry Mills** is a super-regional shopping mall owned by Mills Corporation. It opened in Nashville, Tennessee, in 2000 on the site of the Opryland resort, near the Opryland USA amusement park and the Gaylord Opryland Resort. The mall is adjacent to the Grand Ole Opry House and the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center.

## History

Opry Mills first opened in 2000 as an expansion of the Opryland Resort as way to extend Opryland's operations from the theme park and hotel resort.

In 2002, the first ever 4D Adventures movie theater opened.

Prior to its temporary 2010–2012 closure, Opry Mills was a single level mall that contained over 200 stores including Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World, Blacklion (now Polo Ralph Lauren Factory Store), Bed Bath & Beyond, Forever 21, Gap Factory Store, Gibson Bluegrass Showcase, IMAX, Off 5th Saks Fifth Avenue, Barnes & Noble Booksellers (now Madame Tussauds), Nike Factory Store, Off Broadway Shoe Warehouse, Old Navy Outlet Store, Regal Cinemas, Sun and Ski Sports and VF Outlet. There is also a large food court that contains Which Wich, Chili's, T.G.I. Friday's, Burger King, and Villa Pizza. Johnny Rockets, Tony Roma's, Rainforest Cafe, Dave & Buster's, Aquarium Restaurant (now Cheers), Claim Jumper, Moe's Southwest Grill, and Romano's Macaroni Grill restaurants are located inside and outside the food court. Opry Mills has since reopened on March 29, 2012, after repairs and remodeling and an a second story addition.

In 2015, NHL Hockeyville opened and Cheers replaced the Aquarium Restaurant.

The *General Jackson* showboat, which operates on the Cumberland River, is docked just outside Opry Mills.

## Closure due to Flooding

Flood waters from the 2010 Tennessee floods in early May reportedly reached as high as 10 feet inside the mall, and forced the closure of the facility temporarily. The entire property was remediated. In September 2010, restoration work was halted while litigation over insurance claims played out in court, and many of the mall's retailers sought locations elsewhere in the area, either permanently or until the mall is restored and reopened. The initial reopening date was set for August 2011, but that self-imposed deadline was not met due to the litigation. There was speculation that The Mills may not reopen the mall at all, due to The Mills' choice to stop renovations to the mall during litigation. The Mills Corporation denied that it had plans to close the mall permanently.

On April 12, 2011, mall officials announced that a financing deal had been reached to resume reconstruction of Opry Mills, and the mall reopened on March 29, 2012, after two years of repairs, with some of the anchor retailers opening sooner. The property was given a facelift during the remediation, and featured a new logo upon its reopening.

The mall owners had been awarded $200 million in insurance coverage from the flood but in 2018 the Tennessee Supreme Court let stand a lower court's ruling that stripped $150 million of coverage as the mall had been built in a known flood zone.

## See also

* Opry Mills/Tenant List

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