Les caprices de la météo ont fait un sacré ravage.
ashville, TN — May 03, 2010
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Due to heavy flooding in Nashville, Tenn. including the
Grand Ole Opry Entertainment Complex, this week's Grand Ole Opry
performances have been moved from the Grand Ole Opry House to other
Nashville venues. The Tuesday Night Opry performance scheduled for May 4
th will take place at the War Memorial Auditorium, 301 6
th Ave. North, Nashville, Tenn. Weekend performances will move to the
historic Ryman Auditorium in downtown Nashville. Thursday's performance
of
Opry Country Classics will remain at the Ryman as previously
scheduled. Show times for all shows remain at 7:00 p.m. Both the War
Memorial and the Ryman are former homes of the Opry.
The Opry House suffered damage as a result of the record-breaking
rains and subsequent flooding in Nashville. The last time the Opry had
to relocate was in 1975 to Nashville's Municipal Auditorium, just one
year after the opening of the Grand Ole Opry House. That move was also
caused by Cumberland River flooding.
"While we ourselves are shaken by the impact of the flooding of the
Opry House and throughout the area, it is important that Nashville's
most treasured tradition continues with this week's shows," said Grand
Ole Opry Vice President Pete Fisher. "We look forward to coming together
both as the Opry family and as a great American city just as we have
every week for nearly 85 years. Our hearts go out to all of those
affected in the Middle Tennessee area."
The Opry Call Center is temporarily out of
service, and other operations on the Opry Entertainment Complex
including Opry backstage tours and the Grand Ole Opry Museum, have been
temporarily suspended. It is too early to determine how long Opry
operations will be impacted at this time.
Fans, including those planning to attend this week's shows, can stay
updated on everything happening in response to this week's flooding at
opry.com. Photos and video will also be posted as they become available
on Facebook and Twitter.
About the Grand Ole OpryThe Grand Ole Opry presents the best in country music live every week
from Nashville, Tenn. Celebrating 85 years of entertainment, the Opry
can be heard on 650 WSM-AM, SIRIUS XM Satellite Radio, and opry.com.
The syndicated weekly program,
America's Opry Weekend, airs on
country radio stations across America and on the Armed Forces Radio
Network. The Grand Ole Opry is owned by Gaylord Entertainment (NYSE:
GET), a Nashville-based hospitality and entertainment company that also
owns and operates Gaylord Hotels. For more information, visit opry.com or
www.gaylordentertainment.com.
About Gaylord EntertainmentGaylord Entertainment (NYSE: GET), a leading hospitality and
entertainment company based in Nashville, Tenn., owns and operates
Gaylord Hotels (www.gaylordhotels.com), its network of upscale,
meetings-focused resorts, and the Grand Ole Opry (www.opry.com), the
weekly showcase of country music's finest performers for more than 80
consecutive years. The Company's entertainment brands and properties
include the Radisson Hotel Opryland, Ryman Auditorium, General Jackson
Showboat, Gaylord Springs Golf Links, Wildhorse Saloon, and WSM-AM. For
more information about the Company, visit www.GaylordEntertainment.com.
This press release contains statements as to the Company's beliefs
and expectations of the outcome of future events that are
forward-looking statements as defined in the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are
subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to
differ materially from the statements made. These include the risks and
uncertainties associated with the flood damage to the Gaylord Opryland
and other Nashville-based Gaylord facilities, economic conditions
affecting the hospitality business generally, rising labor and benefits
costs, the timing of any new development projects, increased costs and
other risks associated with building and developing new hotel
facilities, the geographic concentration of our hotel properties,
business levels at the Company's hotels, our ability to successfully
operate our hotels and our ability to obtain financing for new
developments. Other factors that could cause operating and financial
results to differ are described in the filings made from time to time by
the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission and include the
risk factors described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
year ended December 31, 2009. The Company does not undertake any
obligation to release publicly any revisions to forward-looking
statements made by it to reflect events or circumstances occurring after
the date hereof or the occurrence of unanticipated events.
Sources:http://www.opry.com/news/2010/05-03.html
Sujet: GRAND OLE OPRY 
