I'm not sure I recommend more than one visit to the Opry Mills Mall in Nashville, Tennessee.
The mammoth shopping mall is not an aesthetic replacement for Opryland. It is an oasis in asphault and an injustice to Nashville citizens, in my opinion, with only average stores. Nashville can do much better.
The biggest disappointment is its size. Even the fitness-minded powershopper will be exhausted to tears. However, one of Opry Mills' saving graces is IMAX. Thankfully, movie-goers don't have to enter the mall area.
It's also a shame the beautiful Opryland Hotel and the Grand Ole Opry House are reduced to parking lot features at Opry Mills. The owners have successfully destroyed a Nashville tribute to late country music stars and buried them beneath the asphault.
Besides all this, Nashville has more than 1 million people. Where are the trendy stores? It's certainly big enough to support them.
Pros: IMAX
Cons: Size, Pricing, Accesibility
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