To be fair, it wasn't originally a bass pro shop. Originally, it was some bizarre football stadium built by the city of memphis for a spectacle. It flopped for obvious reasons, and they were stuck with a billion dollar building, so they decided to lease it out, and gave Bass Pro Shop an amazing deal if they would agree to remodel the building. Hence, this is the "best" Bass Pro Shop. Largest inventory, on site hotel, indoor shooting range and skeet range, restaurants, etc.
So, didn't start out this way. I'm sure there were evil intentions from the start, but it flopped and they did this to make some money after their plans fell through.
Came here to type exactly the same thing. Happened in Sacramento as well when a pyramid shaped mortgage lender went bankrupt and a retail shop moved into the deeply discounted empty pyramid.
To be fair, it wasn't originally a bass pro shop. Originally, it was some bizarre football stadium built by the city of memphis for a spectacle. It flopped for obvious reasons, and they were stuck with a billion dollar building, so they decided to lease it out, and gave Bass Pro Shop an amazing deal if they would agree to remodel the building. Hence, this is the "best" Bass Pro Shop. Largest inventory, on site hotel, indoor shooting range and skeet range, restaurants, etc.
So, didn't start out this way. I'm sure there were evil intentions from the start, but it flopped and they did this to make some money after their plans fell through.
Came here to type exactly the same thing. Happened in Sacramento as well when a pyramid shaped mortgage lender went bankrupt and a retail shop moved into the deeply discounted empty pyramid.
For awhile in the late 80’s- early 90’s? It was the venue for traveling exhibitions— saw Ramses ( Pharoah) exhibit there in 87