Graceland Expansion-What is your idea and vision?

[EP75]

OK, Bob Sillerman is planning on spending $250 million on the new expansion plans for Graceland over the next 5 years. We already know that a boutique convention hotel, a new visitor's center, and new attractions are part of the plans. The hotel itself will probably cost around $100 million. So that leaves $150 million on the new attractions coming to Graceland. But what are YOU hoping to see new and added to the expansion? What is your "dream list"? Here is mine.

A state of the art museum & Visitor's Center as the new main attraction
Among the museum exhibits:

*An Elvis & Ali exhibit (since FXS owns both icons now)
*Elvis & Nixon exhibit
*Spiritual side of Elvis
*Elvis-The Athlete (an Exhibit of the sports side of EP)
*Influences
*Singers & Songwriters exhibit (including costumes from the band members)
*An optical illusion replica model of the upstairs at Graceland walk through
*An optical illusion replica model of the studios (Nashville, LA, and Memphis)
*A wax story exhibit
*An Art gallery of EP themed art from all over the world (including photos never before seen)
*An expanded automobile museum (including new vehicles not on display, tour bus and the planes indoors)

An Imax theater
Featured films:
*Aloha From Hawaii
*68 Comeback
*That's The Way It Is
*Elvis On Tour
*Viva Las Vegas
*Special Presentations

An EP themed restaurant (like the old EP-Memphis)

A 30 foot statue of EP with a water fountain surrounding it as a memorial (this would be located in front of the museum and visitor's center)

To me this would be the ultimate EP experience as FXS wants the new changes to be. I think these improvements and additions would definitely be popular attractions to new and old fans alike and would boost the yearly crowd from 600,000 to 1.2 million or more per year as they are expecting from the new changes. Not to mention the income would triple yearly. Museums are the way of the future right now in bringing up tourism and improving local economies around the US. This in my opinion would be the ideal way to go.

So what are your ideas and visions for the future of Graceland?

[GirlHappy19]

I like it.Sounds great.You forgot an amusment park with all Elvis'favorite rides

[EP4MEUK]

I would love to see a plan for a movie theatre....I would to love to see all the elvis movies played on the big screen as I was not even born when they were shown first time round.....

Susan x

[EP75]

As far as I know there will not be any amusement park at Graceland. About the idea of a movie theater, that could be included in the Imax plan. Have a single Imax screen for special presentations as I listed and the other for regular movies as you mentioned. Great idea!

[EP4MEUK]

I know this might be a little off topic but it got me thinking when you mentioned the Tour Bus...do you have any idea where it is exhibited or if it is even still around? I love the idea of a spiritual side of Elvis and to see pictures of Elvis never seen before would be awesome

Susan x

[EP75]

It was on display at Graceland in 2005 as far as I know. I don't know if it is still there today or not. It wasn't there when I last visited.