This was an excellent find. We stopped just because it looked cool and we wanted to check out the Bass Pro. WOW is all I can say. This is a Bass Pro Superstore. It’s quite large and even has a hotel in it. The Big Cypress Lodge – $275 a night, but it looks like it might be worth it. The tallest free standing elevator in America takes visitors to The Lookout at the Pyramid at the apex of the building, where they can take in the view on an indoor and outdoor observation deck or get a bite to eat at the “Sky High Catfish Cabin”; a restaurant, bar, and aquarium at the top of the building.
- The Big Cypress Hotel.
- The shooting gallery.
- The elevator (blue) and the store.
- A salt water tank.
- The store below, the hotel above.
- The Pyramid from outside.
Wikipedia – The Memphis Pyramid, initially known as the Great American Pyramid, formerly referred to as the Pyramid Arena and locally referred to as The Pyramid, was originally built as a 20,142-seat arena located in down town Memphis at the banks of the Mississippi River. The facility was built in 1991 and was originally owned and operated jointly by the city of Memphis and Shelby County; Shelby County sold its share to Memphis in April 2009. Its structure plays on the city’s namesake in Egypt, known for its ancient pyramids. It is 321 feet (98m, about 32 stories) tall and has base sides of 591 ft; it is by some measures the tenth tallest pyramid in the world. The Memphis Pyramid has not been regularly used as a sports or entertainment venue since 2004. In 2015, the Pyramid re-opened as a Bass Pro Shops “mega-store”, which includes shopping, a hotel, restaurants, a bowling alley, and an archery range with an outdoor observation deck at its apex.