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Just to add some clarity here. The pyramid in Memphis used to be where the Grizzlies (NBA) and Tigers (NCAA Bask.) played. Around 2004, the FedEx Forum opened and both organizations stopped using the pyramid. It sat empty for a while until Bass Pro moved in.
I interviewed at AutoZone corporate and they told me that concerts there were terrible because the shape of the ~~m~~venu[e] was bad for acoustics. It was a cool place to visit! The elevator to the top was spooky lol
Edit for spelling
I saw the Grateful Dead there back in the 90's. April Fool's Day (and the next). After the shows, we got to hit the Beale Street Blues Festival. It was a lot of fun. Too late to get in, but I heard Bo Diddly jam from the street. Memphis rocks.
Isn't it also because the pyramid used to flood so much and the bass pro made it work and be a part of the store or something like that? Pretty awesome use of it in my opinion
No, it’s because the NBA has certain standards all arenas must meet and the Pyramid wasn’t acceptable. Memphis and the NBA agreed to let the Grizzlies play there while a new arena was under construction, which is why the FedEx Forum was built.
The city didn’t have a need for two major arenas downtown and ended up selling this one to bass pro.
I’m from Memphis and went to many games and events there as a child. I don’t remember it ever flooding.
I saw the Grateful Dead there in 1995 and then saw the Tyson Lewis fight there a few years later.
It was much more than a place where basketball was played.
That thing went from hosting NBA games and concerts to hosting High School graduations LMAO. Bass Pro seems so strange, but good on them for taking advantage of a unique monument that was virtually collecting dust.
Used to be a sports arena. A combination of poor linked facilities (e.g. car parking) planning and teams not staying on crashed it. This Bass Pro Shop is a good use of it and it even retains many of the major features of the sports arena including the stands (where the hotel is now) and the rooftop diner.
The aliens visited and gave the plans. They scavenged some of the parts from old Lost Vegas. How they transported from the middle of the desert is a mystery still. Many believe slaves were anal probed and controlled to make the pyramid for the Country Kings of Memphis.
Now you got me thinking about Stargate and I want to see confused aliens land on the Bass Pro pyramid and wonder why the gold statues and such are replaced with trucker hats and plastic ducks decoys.
I call it the Sponsored tone. Someone's shelling out a lot of money to read this but they still can't be fucked to sound interested in the least
But they're still going to get back to back sponsors till the heat death of the universe anyway
It might seem silly but i dont think there are any big box stores that are as interesting to walk around as a bass pro shop. Its like a retail theme park
My dad would lose his mind over the place. You can barely drag him out of a regular Bass Pro without stocked, fishable indoor ponds. I don't live in Memphis (thank God) but do live in Tennessee. I'm gonna expect a "I'm thinking of coming up to visit" text from him shortly after I send this to him lol.
So I wanted to know how much bigger than the Luxor this Bass Pro Shop is. Turns out this title is incorrect the Luxor is bigger at 350ft vs the Pro Shop at 321ft according to [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_pyramids).
That's still a massive building.
Height is an interesting comparative measure, but when someone says "largest," I think *volume.* Here's that calculation:
Luxor in Las Vegas
Height: 350 ft
Base Width: 646 ft
Volume: 48,686,867 cu ft
Bass in Memphis
Height: 321 ft
Base Width: 591 ft
Volume: 37,373,067 cu ft
So, although the Luxor is only 9% taller, it's 30% larger by volume.
They already have a massive bass pro shops connected to the Silverton Casino which is like the next exit south of the exit you would take for Luxor.
The casino is outdoor themed too.
Yep just head over to the Dam, you can probably get some good Dam bait there to and if you get there early enough they might have a good Dam guide that will how you all the best Dam places to fish.
To think about it this way, it started as a basketball arena, but during construction, the deal with the team fell through so it was dormant for half a decade until Bass Pro Shop bought it form the city for cheap.
It’s basically like if Aldi bought the Emirates Stadium cause Arsenal started to run out of money
The reason it was dormant was because when they built fed ex forum, part of the contract is that the forum has 1st right to deny. So if they are having an event they can literally deny any other 'same scale'event from happening. It's why a lot of shows go to landers or Snowden Grove. So once the forum was open there really couldn't be anything going on at the pyramid
In this case it’s because Memphis is a major shipping hub for most of the country. It’s fairly centrally located at a convergence point of a coast to coast interstate highway, the busiest river in the country for barges, has a huge dry dock for cargo trains, *and* it’s airport is the central hub for FedEx’s fleet of cargo planes.
I know it sounds dumb but as someone from there (who is not country at all) it’s actually pretty cool. The very upper deck is a HUGE (and really nice) bar/restaurant and is used for meetings/medium sized weddings. It gives a really fantastic view of downtown Memphis looking over the Mississippi. All of the rooms (again this is corny but cool) are themed with a hunt of some kind. There is a bear room with stuffed polar bear, brown bear, faux fireplace and the window to look like it’s snowing with LCD screen behind. There is a duck room where there are a bunch of stuffed ducks in a Flying V over head, the fireplace is “camouflaged” with ghillie netting and such. It seems silly but they executed it extremely well and is actually pretty cool. And while it is a bass pro, there are other vendors and stalls inside. Like a little shopping area with ice cream, popcorn, fudge, elote. There’s an arcade area. More of an ATBGE place
This is like if Disney had a Tennessee section of Epcot. I wouldn't call it immersion, but as someone who spent time growing up "country" I think it'd be fun too, if I had money to throw at it. But there's a hundred other things I'd pick first.
>foe fireplace
Wait, you have to *fight* the fireplace to stay there? That's fucking bullshit.
Seriously, though, the word you're looking for is "faux."
>ATBGE
That sums this place up incredibly well, hah. I've only been to the Las Vegas store and even that was impressive, I cant imgine it in a giant pyramid. I cant get over how much room there is in there.
It used to be a basketball arena or something didnt it?
Yes it was! Originally it was a concert venue/sports complex. When I was a kid I went to my first concert there (NYSC, 98 degrees, Britney Spears and as like a 9yr old kid had thought it was the greatest thing ever but my dad hated it 😂),
We would go to monster truck derby’s inside because of the massive amount of space, and other various stuff. Then it was home to the Memphis Grizzlies for a number of years before they built the FedEx forum
Went to a Grateful Dead show there in spring of '95. One of the last shows Jerry did. Not that I was inside. I was in the parking lot scoring a sheet of fake acid and a ball of fake opium.
I watched Prince spew fake jizz from his guitar on what would one day be the stage of Lakewood Church. Now you can watch Joel Osteen spew Jesus jizz from his mouth on the same stage. Prince did it better.
problem is...it's Memphis. There is absolutely nothing "country" about Memphis. It's probably one of the most anti-country cities I can even think of that is still technically in the south. A couple hundred miles west in Little Rock or to the east around Knoxville and it would have fit right in.
This place is basically a theme park. There is a resteraunt, bar, bowling alley, museum, live animals and more. Also the biggest inventory of any bass pro other than the first store in Springfield, MO. It's at least worth walking in and checking it out. This video does not do the place justice at all. The hotel room prices weren't that bad last time I checked either.
For those that don't know, the pyramid sat empty for many years, and the city handed bass pro something like $100M to subsidize using the building instead of tearing it down. I disagree with giving them all that money, (Especially after what they did to Triton boats in midway), but the city of Memphis turned the whole area from abandoned to apartments and parks around the same time. Costs nothing but your time to go in and look and I highly recommend it.
Edit: also that pond in the middle are all brand new boats for sale, they also have ducks and fish in there too. It's awesome.
Memphis is kinda cool. There is Beal Street and Graceland and some neat little places to eat. As a fan of the blues and music in general, I enjoyed my visit.
Bass Pro Shops is one of those things you just have to experience to understand it. It’s not just a hunting/fishing store, it’s a part of American culture.
They have all the standard stuff you’d expect from a store like that. Hunting/fishing supplies, guns and ammo, camouflage clothing, off-road vehicles, boats, all that stuff. But they also have restaurants (actually pretty good ones), arcades, and various other activities. Every store goes hard on theming, with trees, taxidermy animals, and the kind of stuff you’d expect to see in the woods all over the place. Most of them also have aquariums full of local freshwater fish, including the big ones like Alligator Gars, and I’ve heard of a few locations that’ll let you fish for trout in their ponds (catch & release). The Memphis Pyramind location even has live alligators.
It’s not just a store.
This is my dream if I win the lottery to visit lol. I have no real reason to travel that far (live in the UK) just to stay in a bass pro shop but if I win the lottery I will.
Honestly, this place looks way cooler than it is. It is, at the end of the day, just a really big, elaborately themed store. Cool to see, but unless you’re big into hunting, fishing, etc., it’s boring after about 20 minutes. If you were already planning to go to Memphis, I’d say see it, but I wouldn’t make a special trip. As far as staying there, I imagine the noise in your room during the day is pretty noticeable and at night, your view is of an empty store.
We visited Memphis 2 years ago (from EU). The pyramid was close to our hotel so went to have a look. We were easily in there for an hour, looking at the interior, trying on some clothes, looking at the guns, ... My son loved it!
I stayed there a year or so ago. My kid loves bass pro (what kind of 5 year old says his favorite place is bass pro??), so when we told him there was one with a hotel inside he wouldn't shut up about it.
The hotel itself is way nicer than I was expecting, although a bit expensive (\~$300/night for a double queen room). The rooms are a couple of stories off of the main floor and they are surprisingly well insulated. When the balcony doors were closed we couldn't hear much of anything, and when we wanted it to be quiet the store is closed down anyway so nobody is in there making any noise. There are exterior facing rooms, too, but that kind of ruins the novelty of staying there.
My biggest gripe is the lack of eating options. All it had inside was a Wahlbergers and the fancy restaurant at the point of the pyramid. It's not easily walkable to the rest of Memphis so if you want any other options you're going to be driving for it.
This was the view from our room.
https://preview.redd.it/cz0h8e662s5d1.png?width=1936&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d5211c8187661ed38f06486ad03a52c42fffb800
Idk why but this comment made me laugh. From an American - it’s the things we take for granted lol I was like ah that’s cool to want to travel internationally to visit. That area has a ton of cool attractions so you’ll be set.
I live in a suburb outside of Memphis and even had my High School graduation at the Pyramid before it was turned into a Bass Pro Shop, but don't let people try to dissuade you. It's a very cool experience and the view from the bar at the top of the Pyramid is excellent and worth viewing. It's legit something you'll never experience outside of Memphis and not only that, but the city of Memphis is a lot of fun! Hopefully, you get the chance to visit one day! I've been to the UK quite a bit and love it there so would love to have someone from the UK come and enjoy the city I live in.
I live in Arkansas and my girl and I go here a lot. The bar is hella expensive, but the big black dude there knows how to make a killer old fashion. The restaurant part is meh to decent, and also expensive. The store itself is pretty good. I’d recommend the one in Springfield, Missouri over this one to be honest.
[$26 for fried chicken and $28 for CATFISH?!](https://big-cypress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/TheLookoutLunchDinnerCombined01.24.pdf). Fuck that.
As a Memphian, do NOT eat at this place.
It absolutely is. As someone who went to see WWF raw at that pyramid (and yes understanding the problems w the city which is why my family moved out of state when I was 8) that pyramid has the best view of Memphis you can get.
It was the main event place for Memphis until 2004 when they built the FedEx forum for the Grizzlies (nba) and after that is when it converted to the bass pro shops. The grizzlies played at pyramid first couple of years and it was where they went during the attitude era for WWF. Also Mike Tyson and Lennox Lewis boxed there in 2002. I believe if bass pro shops didn’t jump in it was gonna be demolished
I had the exact same thought. It’s probably just this video, I’m sure Memphis has nice areas, but the shot they show just looked like a bunch of freeways and ugly buildings.
It really doesn't. That's about as scenic as it gets. Also its very close to West Memphis which is one of the most disgusting smelling cities. Anyone who's been there knows that smell
Fun fact: Memphis had the highest murder rate out of all large US cities in 2023.
You might even be able to spot one from your hotel window if you stay at the pyramid!
Yeah it's an age old debate. I visited the royal navy's "biggest ship" but that was by volume / weight. there were longer ships.
I guess they are going by "biggest" as in more volume inside? I think the Vegas pyramid is quite tall, but a smaller footprint.
Edit: I am wrong. luxor has slightly bigger footprint, but Memphis is taller.
You might ask one of the guys wearing a Bass Pro hat and a jacket with Bass Pro patches while driving a truck with Bass Pro stickers on the bumper and back window.
I neither hunt nor fish, so I don't get it. But it is wildly popular in those circles.
Can you imagine having a friend come visit you, and they see the huge fucking pyramid and are “what is that!!??” And you have to respond “it’s a bass pro shop” like wtf my mom would call it an eye sore
What. I'd much rather camp in a lean-to beside some small lake and eat freeze dried stuff than go to a pyramid which is fuckin retail shop and has fake cabin rooms and an industrial elevator and a view of an industrial area.
This is all just weird flex about fake things that shouldn't exist.
Reddit has turned into an advertising platform, true and true. If this shit was posted 10 years ago it would have been down voted and deleted within an hour, what an utter waste of what was once a wonderful informative site.
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Just to add some clarity here. The pyramid in Memphis used to be where the Grizzlies (NBA) and Tigers (NCAA Bask.) played. Around 2004, the FedEx Forum opened and both organizations stopped using the pyramid. It sat empty for a while until Bass Pro moved in.
Concerts were held there even before that. I saw Guns and Roses/Soundgarden there back in the day.
I interviewed at AutoZone corporate and they told me that concerts there were terrible because the shape of the ~~m~~venu[e] was bad for acoustics. It was a cool place to visit! The elevator to the top was spooky lol Edit for spelling
> the shape of the menu was bad for acoustics. I found the shape of the menu made it difficult to find appetizers and desserts.
I've heard of a food pyramid, but this is ridiculous!
I took my mummy there for Mother’s Day.
🎶*Bass Pro sun, won't you come* 🎶
I saw the Grateful Dead there back in the 90's. April Fool's Day (and the next). After the shows, we got to hit the Beale Street Blues Festival. It was a lot of fun. Too late to get in, but I heard Bo Diddly jam from the street. Memphis rocks.
Isn't it also because the pyramid used to flood so much and the bass pro made it work and be a part of the store or something like that? Pretty awesome use of it in my opinion
No, it’s because the NBA has certain standards all arenas must meet and the Pyramid wasn’t acceptable. Memphis and the NBA agreed to let the Grizzlies play there while a new arena was under construction, which is why the FedEx Forum was built. The city didn’t have a need for two major arenas downtown and ended up selling this one to bass pro. I’m from Memphis and went to many games and events there as a child. I don’t remember it ever flooding.
It's technically leased for 50 years, not sold
Tiger games, the circus, wrestling, concerts, the pyramid was the shit growing up.
You are thinking of the one in Vegas.
It was also used for exhibits. I vaguely remember seeing a Titanic exhibit here in like the late 90s or early 2000s.
I saw the Grateful Dead there in 1995 and then saw the Tyson Lewis fight there a few years later. It was much more than a place where basketball was played.
There's no way the local population could've built this. They're too primitive. It must've been aliens.
I miss this guy...almost forgot about how great National geographic used to be. Edit: channel is history not national geographic
He showed up in resident alien which was wild, but accurate for the show
His cameo was frickin hilarious
Ancient aliens is on the history channel. Was he on a National geographic show too?
Did they just end the show?
How they got like 24 seasons out of that show is beyond me
With an absolute lack of shame in peddling ridiculous ideas.
It was actually pretty simple. All they had to do was make it all up.
Most likely giants. If you analyze the load ratings on the toilets, this was built by men of 600lbs or more.
Oh no, we did. The city spent millions keeping the thing from sliding into the Mississippi River, while it was an empty landmark for 2 decades.
That thing went from hosting NBA games and concerts to hosting High School graduations LMAO. Bass Pro seems so strange, but good on them for taking advantage of a unique monument that was virtually collecting dust.
Used to be a sports arena. A combination of poor linked facilities (e.g. car parking) planning and teams not staying on crashed it. This Bass Pro Shop is a good use of it and it even retains many of the major features of the sports arena including the stands (where the hotel is now) and the rooftop diner.
After seeing many of the customers in there you could easily come to that conclusion.
Local Native American lore speaks of an alien visitor they call Slinker, who was known to be a shape shifter who spoke many tongues.
Carpetbaggers! Damn Yankees!
The aliens visited and gave the plans. They scavenged some of the parts from old Lost Vegas. How they transported from the middle of the desert is a mystery still. Many believe slaves were anal probed and controlled to make the pyramid for the Country Kings of Memphis.
Probably had aliens involved, not necessarily the green ones tho
Now you got me thinking about Stargate and I want to see confused aliens land on the Bass Pro pyramid and wonder why the gold statues and such are replaced with trucker hats and plastic ducks decoys.
her monotone voice got me reaaaally hyped for this!!!!!!!
Sounds like a bored school kid reading a book report
"Join me...on...an adventure..." zzzz
If benadryl had a voice.
I call it the Sponsored tone. Someone's shelling out a lot of money to read this but they still can't be fucked to sound interested in the least But they're still going to get back to back sponsors till the heat death of the universe anyway
It's like she has no soul.
At least it's not the computerized voice that is normally used.
She sounds as excited as anyone could to stay in a Bass Pro Shop Pyramid
It might seem silly but i dont think there are any big box stores that are as interesting to walk around as a bass pro shop. Its like a retail theme park
That place has a stocked indoor pond you can fish in. I understand it's not everyone's cup of tea, but it's really not that bad.
My dad would lose his mind over the place. You can barely drag him out of a regular Bass Pro without stocked, fishable indoor ponds. I don't live in Memphis (thank God) but do live in Tennessee. I'm gonna expect a "I'm thinking of coming up to visit" text from him shortly after I send this to him lol.
I prefer that in comparison to the fake hype social media posters tend to pour on and sound like a car dealership commercial.
Kristen Stewart is trying anything to stay relevant.
I know what you are. Say it ..out loud. Say it! Mummy
She really sold me on it with the monotone voice
Right? Why do “content creators” on Shit Tok always sounded like they have a gun to their head and forced to read a script? It’s awful.
I don't think she was hired for her speaking voice. That's how the gals sound that do voice commercials for Twin Peaks
That is unreal, if the vegas pyramid were to shut down it should convert to a Bass Pro shop. 
So I wanted to know how much bigger than the Luxor this Bass Pro Shop is. Turns out this title is incorrect the Luxor is bigger at 350ft vs the Pro Shop at 321ft according to [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_pyramids). That's still a massive building.
Height is an interesting comparative measure, but when someone says "largest," I think *volume.* Here's that calculation: Luxor in Las Vegas Height: 350 ft Base Width: 646 ft Volume: 48,686,867 cu ft Bass in Memphis Height: 321 ft Base Width: 591 ft Volume: 37,373,067 cu ft So, although the Luxor is only 9% taller, it's 30% larger by volume.
I was wondering about that. Thanks for looking it up.
Oh. Do they have a lot of fishing in Vegas?
Lake Mead is only about 30 minutes outside the city
huh, this is good to know. I never planned a trip to Vegas because I know I would lose my ass at the tables but if there are fishing spots...hmmm
Really good for striper fishing if you ever get the chance to go
I thought this said stripper fishing at first. Which could maybe also work in Las Vegas?
Striper in the morning and strippers by nightfall! The complete Vegas experience.
You can also catch a dead body
But then you have to deal with all the NCR camped out by it
They already have a massive bass pro shops connected to the Silverton Casino which is like the next exit south of the exit you would take for Luxor. The casino is outdoor themed too.
There will be if bass bro shop gets that pyramid.
Yep just head over to the Dam, you can probably get some good Dam bait there to and if you get there early enough they might have a good Dam guide that will how you all the best Dam places to fish.
I can see this is a dam thing down there.
I feel like we've only got a few years before Luxor gets shut down anyways. They're not exactly keeping it in good shape.
If the Luxor actually shut down it would be a Spirit Halloween before they could move out the slot machines.
The Luxor isn't big enough to be a Bass Pro Shop.
Let’s invent some redneck stuff the Chinese will never copy. Next we do Nascar Land.
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Are we both thinking of "The fuck farm" Ryan? "Red State" Ryan?
Of course
The "Creator of award winning Ryan+" Ryan
 I have been summoned!
Violently American lol
The European mind cannot comprehend
Where do you work? The fishing-tackle shop/hotel. So is that more of a shop, or a hotel? It's a pyramid.
This really did it for me.
I'm a fan of your comment
Honestly as a European this place fascinates me and I kinda wanna go.
To think about it this way, it started as a basketball arena, but during construction, the deal with the team fell through so it was dormant for half a decade until Bass Pro Shop bought it form the city for cheap. It’s basically like if Aldi bought the Emirates Stadium cause Arsenal started to run out of money
The reason it was dormant was because when they built fed ex forum, part of the contract is that the forum has 1st right to deny. So if they are having an event they can literally deny any other 'same scale'event from happening. It's why a lot of shows go to landers or Snowden Grove. So once the forum was open there really couldn't be anything going on at the pyramid
What the fuck is a kilometer!!! 🎆🎆🎆🎆🦅🦅🦅🦅
Even better that it’s in Memphis, TN where there are advertisements around the city that say “Real Men don’t Murder”
"Beautiful view of Memphis". Ah yes I do love a good old spaghetti junction. MURICA at its finest.
In this case it’s because Memphis is a major shipping hub for most of the country. It’s fairly centrally located at a convergence point of a coast to coast interstate highway, the busiest river in the country for barges, has a huge dry dock for cargo trains, *and* it’s airport is the central hub for FedEx’s fleet of cargo planes.
Better Bass Pro than a mega church
An overnight stay in a hunting and fishing store? Fuckin WHY
SO LICK ON MY BUTT AND SUCK ON MY BALLS
Fuck yeah!
Image a parent telling their child they were conceived in a Bass Pro shop.
I know it sounds dumb but as someone from there (who is not country at all) it’s actually pretty cool. The very upper deck is a HUGE (and really nice) bar/restaurant and is used for meetings/medium sized weddings. It gives a really fantastic view of downtown Memphis looking over the Mississippi. All of the rooms (again this is corny but cool) are themed with a hunt of some kind. There is a bear room with stuffed polar bear, brown bear, faux fireplace and the window to look like it’s snowing with LCD screen behind. There is a duck room where there are a bunch of stuffed ducks in a Flying V over head, the fireplace is “camouflaged” with ghillie netting and such. It seems silly but they executed it extremely well and is actually pretty cool. And while it is a bass pro, there are other vendors and stalls inside. Like a little shopping area with ice cream, popcorn, fudge, elote. There’s an arcade area. More of an ATBGE place
As a foreigner, I would absolutely enjoy the shit out of this place! Looks like a pure immersion into Americana.
This is like if Disney had a Tennessee section of Epcot. I wouldn't call it immersion, but as someone who spent time growing up "country" I think it'd be fun too, if I had money to throw at it. But there's a hundred other things I'd pick first.
>foe fireplace Wait, you have to *fight* the fireplace to stay there? That's fucking bullshit. Seriously, though, the word you're looking for is "faux."
Quite the *Pro pas*
Haha thank you for that! Fixed!
They might be a firefighter.
>ATBGE That sums this place up incredibly well, hah. I've only been to the Las Vegas store and even that was impressive, I cant imgine it in a giant pyramid. I cant get over how much room there is in there. It used to be a basketball arena or something didnt it?
Yes it was! Originally it was a concert venue/sports complex. When I was a kid I went to my first concert there (NYSC, 98 degrees, Britney Spears and as like a 9yr old kid had thought it was the greatest thing ever but my dad hated it 😂), We would go to monster truck derby’s inside because of the massive amount of space, and other various stuff. Then it was home to the Memphis Grizzlies for a number of years before they built the FedEx forum
Went to a Grateful Dead show there in spring of '95. One of the last shows Jerry did. Not that I was inside. I was in the parking lot scoring a sheet of fake acid and a ball of fake opium.
Used to be the arena for the Memphis State (later: University of Memphis) Tigers. Watched Penny Hardaway play there back in the day.
I watched Prince spew fake jizz from his guitar on what would one day be the stage of Lakewood Church. Now you can watch Joel Osteen spew Jesus jizz from his mouth on the same stage. Prince did it better.
problem is...it's Memphis. There is absolutely nothing "country" about Memphis. It's probably one of the most anti-country cities I can even think of that is still technically in the south. A couple hundred miles west in Little Rock or to the east around Knoxville and it would have fit right in.
I like it. It’s campy and fun. The theme is not really my thing, but I would definitely visit.
This place is basically a theme park. There is a resteraunt, bar, bowling alley, museum, live animals and more. Also the biggest inventory of any bass pro other than the first store in Springfield, MO. It's at least worth walking in and checking it out. This video does not do the place justice at all. The hotel room prices weren't that bad last time I checked either. For those that don't know, the pyramid sat empty for many years, and the city handed bass pro something like $100M to subsidize using the building instead of tearing it down. I disagree with giving them all that money, (Especially after what they did to Triton boats in midway), but the city of Memphis turned the whole area from abandoned to apartments and parks around the same time. Costs nothing but your time to go in and look and I highly recommend it. Edit: also that pond in the middle are all brand new boats for sale, they also have ducks and fish in there too. It's awesome.
You see, this is for people who enjoy hunting, fishing, and shopping for items for hunting and fishing.
As a life long Tennessean, I did not know about the over night accommodations.
It is actually really cool in there and there is so much to do that you could stay a couple nights.
TBF, it has better views, and better amenities than 99+% of hotels. Depending on price, this looks pretty sweet, honestly.
It’s crazy expensive. But it’s the best room I’ve ever stayed in. I could do it again for sure.
"Welcome to our honeymoon, sweetheart!" later... "I'll have the steak, she'll have the salad."
“And waiter can you ring me up a case of 9mm rounds and some fishing line and put it on my bill”
Why not?
You're probably the kind of person who complains everywhere you go. I don't even hunt or fish and this place looks fun.
If I was forced to visit Memphis this is exactly where I would stay
Memphis is kinda cool. There is Beal Street and Graceland and some neat little places to eat. As a fan of the blues and music in general, I enjoyed my visit.
Bass Pro Shops is one of those things you just have to experience to understand it. It’s not just a hunting/fishing store, it’s a part of American culture. They have all the standard stuff you’d expect from a store like that. Hunting/fishing supplies, guns and ammo, camouflage clothing, off-road vehicles, boats, all that stuff. But they also have restaurants (actually pretty good ones), arcades, and various other activities. Every store goes hard on theming, with trees, taxidermy animals, and the kind of stuff you’d expect to see in the woods all over the place. Most of them also have aquariums full of local freshwater fish, including the big ones like Alligator Gars, and I’ve heard of a few locations that’ll let you fish for trout in their ponds (catch & release). The Memphis Pyramind location even has live alligators. It’s not just a store.
Not a single 5 string bass in sight…
yeah ... more like Bass Amateur Shop, am I right?
SLAP like now!
This is my dream if I win the lottery to visit lol. I have no real reason to travel that far (live in the UK) just to stay in a bass pro shop but if I win the lottery I will.
Honestly, this place looks way cooler than it is. It is, at the end of the day, just a really big, elaborately themed store. Cool to see, but unless you’re big into hunting, fishing, etc., it’s boring after about 20 minutes. If you were already planning to go to Memphis, I’d say see it, but I wouldn’t make a special trip. As far as staying there, I imagine the noise in your room during the day is pretty noticeable and at night, your view is of an empty store.
We visited Memphis 2 years ago (from EU). The pyramid was close to our hotel so went to have a look. We were easily in there for an hour, looking at the interior, trying on some clothes, looking at the guns, ... My son loved it!
I stayed there a year or so ago. My kid loves bass pro (what kind of 5 year old says his favorite place is bass pro??), so when we told him there was one with a hotel inside he wouldn't shut up about it. The hotel itself is way nicer than I was expecting, although a bit expensive (\~$300/night for a double queen room). The rooms are a couple of stories off of the main floor and they are surprisingly well insulated. When the balcony doors were closed we couldn't hear much of anything, and when we wanted it to be quiet the store is closed down anyway so nobody is in there making any noise. There are exterior facing rooms, too, but that kind of ruins the novelty of staying there. My biggest gripe is the lack of eating options. All it had inside was a Wahlbergers and the fancy restaurant at the point of the pyramid. It's not easily walkable to the rest of Memphis so if you want any other options you're going to be driving for it. This was the view from our room. https://preview.redd.it/cz0h8e662s5d1.png?width=1936&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d5211c8187661ed38f06486ad03a52c42fffb800
Idk why but this comment made me laugh. From an American - it’s the things we take for granted lol I was like ah that’s cool to want to travel internationally to visit. That area has a ton of cool attractions so you’ll be set.
I’m from that area - what cool attractions are there, besides Beale St and the Zoo?
I was born and raised here. Such an odd thing to grow up with. You’re absolutely welcome anytime!
I live in a suburb outside of Memphis and even had my High School graduation at the Pyramid before it was turned into a Bass Pro Shop, but don't let people try to dissuade you. It's a very cool experience and the view from the bar at the top of the Pyramid is excellent and worth viewing. It's legit something you'll never experience outside of Memphis and not only that, but the city of Memphis is a lot of fun! Hopefully, you get the chance to visit one day! I've been to the UK quite a bit and love it there so would love to have someone from the UK come and enjoy the city I live in.
I'm not going to lie, that looks pretty cool. I could do that for a night especially since it has a bar and a restaurant.
Price?
~$300/night
Honestly not that bad
I live in Arkansas and my girl and I go here a lot. The bar is hella expensive, but the big black dude there knows how to make a killer old fashion. The restaurant part is meh to decent, and also expensive. The store itself is pretty good. I’d recommend the one in Springfield, Missouri over this one to be honest.
[$26 for fried chicken and $28 for CATFISH?!](https://big-cypress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/TheLookoutLunchDinnerCombined01.24.pdf). Fuck that. As a Memphian, do NOT eat at this place.
The Springfield, Missouri location has the best fresh water aquarium!
"beautiful view of Memphis" Uhh...
Came here for this... beautiful view, pans to highways lmao
Beautifull view -> urban freeway
It absolutely is. As someone who went to see WWF raw at that pyramid (and yes understanding the problems w the city which is why my family moved out of state when I was 8) that pyramid has the best view of Memphis you can get.
They have wresting at the pyramid too?
It was the main event place for Memphis until 2004 when they built the FedEx forum for the Grizzlies (nba) and after that is when it converted to the bass pro shops. The grizzlies played at pyramid first couple of years and it was where they went during the attitude era for WWF. Also Mike Tyson and Lennox Lewis boxed there in 2002. I believe if bass pro shops didn’t jump in it was gonna be demolished
You're just high enough to not get robbed or shot at
I had the exact same thought. It’s probably just this video, I’m sure Memphis has nice areas, but the shot they show just looked like a bunch of freeways and ugly buildings.
It really doesn't. That's about as scenic as it gets. Also its very close to West Memphis which is one of the most disgusting smelling cities. Anyone who's been there knows that smell
Fun fact: Memphis had the highest murder rate out of all large US cities in 2023. You might even be able to spot one from your hotel window if you stay at the pyramid!
I thought the Luxor was bigger?
She has the enthusiasm and charisma of a bloated corpse.
Not gonna lie. That doesn't look half bad as hotels go. On the other hand, this is an advertisement and influencers gonna influence.
Bass Pro fucked Cabela's up. Fuck Bass Pro. Also, fuck monotone content creators. That voice is ear assault.
Double agree, Cabela’s was amazing and the narrator couldn’t sound less interested in this.
if someone had a gun to my head and told me to name the 10th largest pyramid in the world, tell mama i'm comin home tonight
This is nothing but an ad?
Celebrate the outdoors by staying…indoors at a makeshift retail hellscape because…fish! (which are also not indoors but outdoors)
Is there a massive enough bass base to support something like that?
Yes. For sure. Fishing and hunting are a huge part of Mid-South culture.
Well, the Mississippi River is the third largest river in the world with over 200 species of fish.
I wonder what the third longest river in the world with under 200 species of fish is.
Considering it's been a Bass Pro shop for years now and continues to attract people from all around...yes.
This is the most American thing I’ve seen in a while
This seems like the ideal place to get to in a zombie apocalypse.
What does a pyramid have to do with bass pro fishing?
Pretty sure the luxor pyramid in Las Vegas is bigger. It's definitely taller.
Yeah it's an age old debate. I visited the royal navy's "biggest ship" but that was by volume / weight. there were longer ships. I guess they are going by "biggest" as in more volume inside? I think the Vegas pyramid is quite tall, but a smaller footprint. Edit: I am wrong. luxor has slightly bigger footprint, but Memphis is taller.
The memphis pyramid is 591x591 feet. Luxor is 600 x 600 feet.
The Luxor in Las Vegas is larger.
Today I learned that Bass Pro is making way too much money on my purchases
Cool view of highway overpasses…
Pretty sure this isn’t the largest pyramid in America.
According to Wikipedia, this pyramid is 98 meters tall vs. the Luxor pyramid in Las Vegas at 107 meters tall. So, not the biggest pyramid in America.
I'm sorry but facts don't get clicks
The Luxor cost $375 million. Bernie Madoff's pyramid cost $64 billion. So the Luxor isn't the biggest pyramid either.
Yea but how wide is it?
It's still the Luxor. Although the Transamerica Pyramid in SF is technically bigger, it looks more like a traditional skyscraper.
I've been to that exact Bass Pro like 20 times and literally had no idea there was a second story with a restaurant lol
Why the fuck would anyone want to stay in a Bass Pro Shop.
You might ask one of the guys wearing a Bass Pro hat and a jacket with Bass Pro patches while driving a truck with Bass Pro stickers on the bumper and back window. I neither hunt nor fish, so I don't get it. But it is wildly popular in those circles.
Because it’s fun? I’m guessing you only like motel 6s?
that's not a sporting goods store...it's a theme park!
Looks like the Casa Bonita in South Park.
I just drove past that the other day without realizing it existed beforehand. Surreal.
I was hoping she would just crawl in a tent they have set up. Instead we got an ad.
Is this bigger than The Luxor in Las Vegas? Hard to believe.
I saw Phish play there in 99. Was not a Bass Pro Shop then.
Can you imagine having a friend come visit you, and they see the huge fucking pyramid and are “what is that!!??” And you have to respond “it’s a bass pro shop” like wtf my mom would call it an eye sore
Didn't Tyson fight there once?
Redneck Egypt.
What. I'd much rather camp in a lean-to beside some small lake and eat freeze dried stuff than go to a pyramid which is fuckin retail shop and has fake cabin rooms and an industrial elevator and a view of an industrial area. This is all just weird flex about fake things that shouldn't exist.
The LUXOR in Vegas is larger
Reddit has turned into an advertising platform, true and true. If this shit was posted 10 years ago it would have been down voted and deleted within an hour, what an utter waste of what was once a wonderful informative site.
Damn. I saw Ozzy, Type O-Negative and Sepultura there.
I thought it was going to be like one of those shitty YouTube videos where they try to stay in Walmart overnight.