Memphis, Tennessee: Pyramid of Memphis
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Bass Pro Shops
- Address:
- 1 Bass Pro Drive, Memphis, TN
- Directions:
- Downtown, along the river. I-40 exit 1 onto Riverside Drive S., then turn right at the first stoplight onto Bass Pro Drive and follow it to the Pyramid.
- Hours:
- M-Sa 8 am - 10 pm, Su 8-7 (Call to verify) Local health policies may affect hours and access.
- Phone:
- 901-291-8200
- Admission:
- Free, but $10 to ride elevator to the top.
- RA Rates:
- Major Fun
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Built in 1991 as a sports arena, the "Tomb of Doom" was then abandoned. Reopened as a Bass Pro Shops in 2015 with an indoor swamp, a glass-floored observation deck, and live alligators.
Roadsideamerica.com Report... [05/14/2017]
The Great American Pyramid:
8mm video clip from our 1991 research trip to the Pyramid under construction, before it opened to the public.
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Great place to go. Very cool!
[Wanda Sherbert, 05/24/2024]
A huge store with a lodge. There's an "underwater" bowling alley, a restaurant at the top of America's largest freestanding elevator, and an indoor swamp with fish, ducks, and alligators. The indoor arcade "shooting range" is fun for kids and adults, too. A fun way to kill an afternoon.
[Chris (CP) Powell, 02/21/2017]The biggest Bass Pro we've ever been in, plus the biggest pyramid in the USA. This was a building created for a basketball team to play, then it didn't meet the NBA standards. So it stood vacant until about 2008, when Bass Pro figured they'd pick it up and turn it into this monstrosity. We took a ride to the top -- 25 Stories to grab a 360 view of Memphis It was great -- funny, mixing a pyramid and Bass Pro. But you didn't have to ask us twice. We were like, yes, we want to go....
[Julie Jobinger, 07/06/2015]Page of 3 [Next 5 items]
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The Pyramids in Egypt were near crocodiles on the Nile River, so it makes sense, from a tourist attraction POV, that the Pyramid of Memphis (Tennessee) would be home to alligators.