Opry Mills

Opry Mills

Location	Nashville, Tennessee
Opening date	May 2000
Developer	Mills Corporation
Owner	Simon Property Group
No. of stores and services	200
No. of anchor tenants	17
Total retail floor area	1,200,000 square feet (110,000 m2)
Parking	Lighted Lot
No. of floors	1
Website	http://www.oprymills.com

Opry Mills is a super-regional shopping mall owned by Simon Property Group, formerly by its initial owners Mills Corporation and Gaylord Entertainment. It opened in Nashville, Tennessee in 2000 on the former site of the Opryland USA theme park.

The mall is adjacent to the Grand Ole Opry House and the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center.

Description

Prior to its temporary 2010-2012 closure, Opry Mills was a single level mall that contained over 200 stores (although no department stores), including Bass Pro Shops, Blacklion, Bed Bath & Beyond, Gibson Showcase, Saks Fifth Avenue Off 5th, and Barnes & Noble. There is also a large food court that contains Which Wich,Chili's Too, T.G.I. Friday's, Burger King, Subway, and Sbarro. Johnny Rockets, Tony Roma's, Rainforest Cafe, Aquarium Restaurant 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 docked just outside Opry Mills.

Other attractions include Regal Opry Mills 20 and an IMAX movie theater along with Romano's Macaroni Grill, Tony Roma's & Aquarium Restaurant in its Entertainment Neighborhood 5.

Current/Returning Anchors

• Aquarium Restaurant
• Bass Pro Shops
• Bed Bath & Beyond
• Dave & Busters
• Nike Factory Store
• Off 5th Saks Fifth Avenue
• Off Broadway Shoes
• Old Navy
• Rainforest Cafe
• Regal Opry Mills Stadium 20 & IMAX
• Sun & Ski Sports
• VF Outlet
• XXI Forever

Former Anchors

• Alabama Grill(Replace By VF Outlet)
• Apple Barn Cider Bar & General Store(Converted Into More Stores)
• Barnes & Noble(Now Vacant)
• Blacklion (Replaced By Polo Ralph Lauren Factory Store)
• Gibson Showcase(Now Vacant)
• Jillian's(Acciqured By Dave & Busters)
• Stingray Reef(Replace By Claim Jumper)
• Tower Records(Replace By Forever 21)

List Of Dining Options That Are Returning To Opry Mills

• Aquarium Restaurant
• Auntie Anne's Pretzels
• Burger King
• Cajun Grill
• Dairy Queen/Orange Julius
• Great American Cookie Company
• Johnny Rockets
• Marble Slab Creamery
• Rainforest Cafe
• Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory
• Romano's Macaroni Grill
• Subway
• T.G.I. Friday's

List Of Dining Options That Have Not Returned To Opry Mills

• Blue Coast Burrito
• Carvel Ice Cream
• Chili's Too
• Cinnabon
• Dickey's BBQ
• Great Steak & Potato Company
• Lotus Express
• Music City Buffet
• Sbarro
• Tony Roma's
• Wetzel's Pretzels

List Of Dining Options That Are New To Opry Mills

• Charley's Grilled Subs
• Chuy's Mexican
• Claim Jumper
• Cookie Store
• Green Leaf's Beyond Great
• Maki Of Japan
• Panda Express
• Pyramids Cafe
• Sweet CeCe's
• Villa Fresh Italian Kitchen
• Which Wich

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.^[1] There was speculation that Simon Malls may not reopen the mall at all, due to Simon Malls' choice to stop renovations to the mall during litigation. Simon Malls denied that it has plans to close the mall permanently.^[2] The Bass Pro Shops store reopened October 14, 2010 separate from the rest of the mall. On November 14, 2011, Regal Cinema's Opry Mills Stadium and IMAX movie theater re-opened.^[3] On November 18, 2011, Sun & Ski Sports reopened. On November 23, 2011, VF Outlet reopened. On November 28, 2011, Dave & Busters reopened. 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^[4], with some of the anchor retailers opening sooner. It is official that the mall has reopened after 2 years of repairs.^[5]

Retailers that reopened before 2012

• Dave & Busters
• VF Outlet
• Sun & Ski Sports
• Regal Opry Mills Stadium 20 & IMAX
• Bass Pro Shops

Mall entries

One of the mall's seven entrances

Opry Mills has seven 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, Off 5th Saks Fifth Avenue, Bed Bath & Beyond, XXI Forever and VF Outlet also have exterior entrances.

References

External links

• Official Website

Coordinates: 36°12′11″N 86°41′34″W / 36.20306°N 86.69278°W / 36.20306; -86.69278

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