{"id":9725,"date":"2012-10-07T20:54:56","date_gmt":"2012-10-07T20:54:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whisnews21.com\/?p=9725"},"modified":"2012-10-07T20:54:56","modified_gmt":"2012-10-07T20:54:56","slug":"dolly-parton-pulls-the-plug-on-gaylords-water-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/2012\/10\/07\/dolly-parton-pulls-the-plug-on-gaylords-water-fall\/","title":{"rendered":"Dolly Parton Pulls The Plug On Gaylord's Water Fall"},"content":{"rendered":"

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DOLLY PARTON PULLS THE PLUG <\/span><\/strong>TO DRAIN GAYLORD\u2019S WATER FALL<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

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\n\"\"<\/a>Correct me if I am wrong, but when Dolly pulled the plug on Gaylord\u2019s Water & Snow Park, she gave thanks to Gov. Haslam and Mayor Dean for all they have done for the State of Tennessee and Nashville<\/strong>, but nothing was said regarding any thank you to Gaylord.\u00a0 I wonder why???<\/strong>\u00a0 They have been a PITA to the Nashville Community since they arrived.\u00a0 For the good things they have done in the past for the Nashville community, they have covered them up with stupid things that come from not being able to manage their corporation.\u00a0 They do what is best for themselves, but is not always good for the citizens of our community.\u00a0 They brought Dolly into the mix thinking (I guess) that this dumb blonde. who loves Nashville because she knows Nashville better than they ever could, and she would be the catalyst for them to bring this project to a fruition with her name and money.
\n\"\"<\/a>The Grand Ole Opry, Ryman Auditorium, and Grand Ole Opry House, has been in a disarray and nothing but trouble from this organization.\u00a0 If you read between the lines of the latest escapades from the Water & Snow Park and selling off the Gaylord hotel brand name and management rights to Gaylord\u2019s four resort hotels, including the Opryland resort, to Marriott for $210 million, they have turned this community against them, because they are not smart people when it comes to the management of money, people, time, integrity.\u00a0 What would Marriott know about the Grand Ole Opry or the Ryman Auditorium, let alone Little Jimmy Dickens, Jean Shepard, or Stonewall Jackson?<\/strong>\u00a0 It might be good for all, if their complete organization would pack up and leave the State of Tennessee, taking with them their projects to another state, which I would not wish on anyone.\u00a0 We have suffered enough from them and how they have used people and hurt so many people in our state.
\n\"\"<\/a>I have one question before you read the following article on Dolly pulling the stopper out of the Gaylord Levee<\/strong>.\u00a0 Why would anyone want to build a WATER AND SNOW PARK IN NASHVILLE, TN.<\/strong>\u00a0 The main demographics of people (who are tourist), who come to Nashville are older, and how many months would be available for the success of a water park, and who in their right mind is going to come here to go skiing in the middle of Nashville, when all they have to do is go to Ober Gatlinburg for the real deal.\u00a0 Their organization must have thought they had pulled the wool over Dolly Parton\u2019s eyes, or maybe they thought she was gullible enough to believe their offer to have her as a partner, because it did not take her long to get out of this project.\u00a0 <\/strong>I really believe Dolly seen the writing on the wall probably shortly after the original press conference when they gave her the bouquet of flowers which she might return the favor when their organization leaves town, and then she can put the flowers on their gravesite. Remember the song that was a 1967 hit for Dolly, \u201cThis Dumb Blonde Ain\u2019t Nobody\u2019s Fool.\u201d <\/strong> The words have come full circle and I hope certain people get a copy of the song and listen closely.\u00a0 Is there anyone out there who would like to invest in building a Water & Snow Park!!! <\/strong>
\nThe following article is from The Tennessean on September 29, 2012 written by:\u00a0 Contact Jaquetta White at 615-259-8071 or jwhite3@tennessean.com<\/a>, or follow her on Twitter @jaquettawhite.<\/strong>
\n\"\"<\/a>Dolly Parton <\/strong>has pulled the plug on her involvement in the planned Water & Show Park here in Nashville.
\nRemember the grand plans we all heard back in January for a new Water and Snow Park, a $50 Million joint venture between Dolly\u2019s Dollywood Company and Gaylord across from Opryland, a project that was supposed to add 450 jobs to the local economy?
\nDolly Parton pulled out of a plan to build a $50 million snow and water park in Nashville, citing concerns about Gaylord Entertainment\u2019s<\/a>move this week to sell management rights for its Opryland Resort and Convention Center to Marriott International.
\n\u201cGaylord makes decisions that they feel are good for their company and their stockholders, and I have to make decisions based on what is best for me and the Dollywood Company,\u201d Parton said Friday in a statement. \u201cI think everyone knows I love Nashville, and I hope the work we\u2019ve already done will spark more family entertainment in Nashville.\u201d<\/strong>
\nThe country legend\u2019s announcement came three days after Gaylord shareholders voted to allow the Nashville hospitality and entertainment company to convert to a real estate investment<\/a> trust. That plan calls for selling the Gaylord hotel brand name and management rights to Gaylord\u2019s four resort hotels, including the Opryland resort, to Marriott for $210 million.
\nThe snow and water park was a 50\/50 joint venture between the Pigeon Forge, Tenn.-based Dollywood Company and Gaylord. Gaylord Chief Executive Officer Colin Reed said Friday that his company intends to find another partner to carry out the plan.
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Pete Owens, for Dollywood Company<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nGaylord\u2019s conversion changed Dollywood\u2019s agreement with the company to build the water park attraction, said Pete Owens, a spokesman for Dollywood Company. Owens said Dollywood negotiated the deal with Gaylord and had expected that the company would oversee its future operation.
\n\u201cWe looked at the change in the day-to-day operations of the property and that, in Dolly\u2019s view, fundamentally changed the program we were planning,\u201dOwens said.
\nNext week, Gaylord will become Ryman Hospitality Properties Inc., and the company\u2019s focus will shift away from running large convention hotels on a day-to-day basis to acquiring smaller hotel properties with no more than 700 rooms. The move is designed, in part, to improve the company\u2019s share price.
\n\u201cWe are deeply disappointed in today\u2019s news that Dollywood will no longer partner with us to build a family attraction,\u201d Reed said in a statement. \u201cWe have enormous admiration for Dolly Parton and her company, and respect their decision.\u201d Tom Marder, a spokesman for Marriott, said the company had no comment.
\nParton had hinted at trouble in August while at a news conference<\/a>celebrating her latest gold album. She said the project was \u201ckind of in a holding pattern right now,\u201d WKRN News 2 reported at the time.
\n\u201cGaylord is actually involved at the moment with some changes of their own,\u201d she said. \u201cSo we are just kind of waiting until they get their things straightened out before we go forward with that.\u201d
\nGaylord was quick to dispel any notion that the development plan was not moving forward, saying then that it remained \u201c100 percent\u201d committed to the plan.
\nDollywood executives started discussions with Gaylord following the announcement, Owens said, but did not move to end the relationship with the hospitality chain until the stockholder<\/a>vote confirmed the restructuring. Owens said the company intends now to place its focus on Dollywood properties in eastern Tennessee, as well as on upcoming expansion plans for Dollywood\u2019s existing sites.
\n\"\"<\/a>The Nashville water and snow park had been set to break ground early next year and open by the summer of 2014 across Briley Parkway from the Opryland Hotel. The park was supposed to be the first phase in the development of and serve as an anchor for a \u201cfamily entertainment complex.\u201d
\nThe attraction would have been the country\u2019s first hybrid water and snow park, Gaylord and Dollywood executives said in announcing the plan in January.
\nThe development had been touted as a boon for the Nashville area. Reed said in February that the project would generate 2,000 construction jobs. In April, the Metro Council approved a 60 percent tax abatement, valued at $5.8 million for the project.
\n\u201cI am disappointed with this news, but I am happy to hear that Gaylord still plans to pursue the possibility of a water park,\u201d Mayor Karl Dean said. \u201cI think the world of Dolly Parton, who has been wonderful to both Nashville and the entire state of Tennessee.\u201d
\nThe park plan was welcomed by the Nashville tourism community, which has lost out on some business since 1997, when Gaylord shuttered its Opryland USA theme park. The snow and water park was projected to draw 500,000 visitors in its first year, 40 percent of them from outside the state, officials said.
\n\u201cWe are obviously disappointed in this news. The concept and the partnership were perfect for Nashville,\u201d Nashville Convention & Visitors Bureau President Butch Spyridon said in a statement. \u201cWith a little time and a little hard work, hopefully we can regenerate this or a similar development for this city.
\n\u201cIt\u2019s apparent by the previous intent that the market demand is there for this type of concept, and Nashville certainly deserves it.\u201d
\nArticle supplied by Marty Martel<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

DOLLY PARTON PULLS THE PLUG TO DRAIN GAYLORD\u2019S WATER FALL . Correct me if I am wrong, but when Dolly pulled the plug on Gaylord\u2019s Water & Snow Park, she gave thanks to Gov. Haslam and Mayor Dean for all they have done for the State of Tennessee and Nashville, but nothing was said regarding any thank you to Gaylord.\u00a0 I wonder why???\u00a0 They have been a PITA to the Nashville Community since they arrived.\u00a0 For the good things they have done in the past for the Nashville community, they<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9729,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9725"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9725"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9725\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}