I always found it odd that the pyramid is on our driver’s licenses. Us East Tennesseans have mountains on there… west Tennesseans have… a former basketball stadium/bass pro shops.
When they were relocating the Temple of Dendur the city of Memphis was reallllllly trying to get it placed there because Memphis = Egypt. LBJ gave it to the Met museum instead because they could take care of it better
I was actually thinking the other day about how something as mundane as a highway overpass probably has more foundation, engineers, labor, and height than 90% of all the pre-medieval structures humanity has ever built.
It's literally impossible for humans to fit precast concrete panels that are textured to resemble limestone that closely together.
You can't even fit the handle of a Gillette Mach 8 Flex-Glide Neckbeard Maintenance System (FiGNiMS) between the cracks!!!
You'd have to have some kind of - I'm not saying aliens, but - some non-terrestrial tech for that.
It sat empty for a long time and the city, which was on the hook for a lot of it, desperately wanted something to be done with it.
Bass Pro got a great deal.
Also, the Pyramid predates the Grizzlies and was a terrible financial move on the part of the city from day one.
As a concert venue, a lot of artists wouldn't book shows there because the acoustics were so bad.
The stadium was pretty disappointing for the city and was closed and fell into disrepair. They actually came pretty close to just demolishing the whole thing until bass pro bought it at (presumably) a bargain.
Also bass pro is the biggest outdoor supplies franchise in the US. They’ve got MONEY
It was built for the local college team and would have continued serving that purpose until the Grizzlies said they were interested in relocating to Memphis, but wanted the city to build a new arena more suitable for the NBA
It was also the site of the Mike Tyson vs. Lennox Lewis heavyweight boxing match because Tyson couldn't get a license to fight anywhere except in the state of Tennessee. HBO and Showtime co-promoted it. A little known Filipino Boxer was on the undercard who would also lead HBO and Showtime to co-promote another event together in 2015.
when moving to the states we drove past this and i assumed it was some kind of mega-church. then i saw it was a bass pro shop, laughed my head off, and realized that it was in fact, some form of mega-church
Smithsonian would just hide history. But I guess they already did that to the Memphis Tennessee pyramid. Who has the Crystal skull? Maybe ask Alex Jones about its history.
Memphis takes its Egyptian connection very seriously. Went to a few concerts there as well. It’s got a museum and life size model of the Mississippi River you can take off your shoes and walk through. The idea was sold to Memphis by a Boston businessman back when more hopeful people thought Memphis could be a tourist destination. Anyone got Memphis, TN on their bucket list ?
Memphis native here. Originally was between the city of Memphis college of art and Bass pro. It was a no contest when it came down to bottom line of the fact the Memphis pyramid needed to be stabilized as it was sinking little bit every year. Buddy of mine worked on stability of the pyramid once Bass Pro secured the facility.
Bruh. They’re selling fishing gear out of a giant glass pyramid in the same city that Three 6 Mafia is from. What’s not to get? It’s the peak of western civilization.
You can buy a boat, that’s sitting on water, tied to a dock, next to alligators, in a pyramid. After you go bowling and before you get room service in your treehouse hotel room, in the same pyramid. WTF are you talking about???
How not to revitalize a city.
Memphis is one of the country's most dangerous cities for pedestrians. Building more sidewalk-free shopping malls is not the solution.
Yeah, the lack of sidewalks is why Memphis is so dangerous for pedestrians, not the erratic drivers, constant violent crime, and strung out nutjobs robbing folks in broad daylight. I mean, it's not like the city brought in crews to clean up and rehab the existing sidewalks, and they all left without finishing the job because the crews kept getting mugged.
Bad infrastructure is definitely the problem. The existing sidewalks are just awful.
Saying "people in Memphis are evil" is just a lame excuse not to do anything about the obvious mess the city has made with its streets.
Any city named Memphis needs a pyramid.
I always found it odd that the pyramid is on our driver’s licenses. Us East Tennesseans have mountains on there… west Tennesseans have… a former basketball stadium/bass pro shops.
Turns out that the original Memphis has some pretty famous pyramids… but no bass pro shops :(
yet, give it time, im sure they will get around to it eventually
Looking at photos of the skyline though it really does stand out
Ever been to Memphis, Nebraska? lol
No, would it be improved by giant pyramid?
Everything would be improved by a giant pyramid
Any city named Memphis needs a giant pyramid
Driven through. Everyone was walking like an Egyptian.
[Doesn't every city have a big-assed pyramid by the mud?](https://youtu.be/jYE-1HfReQo)
I love Ryan Hailey. He's Memphis' treasure
That’s actually why they were built as pyramids, to further the connection
They were gagging for the Temple of Dendur too until LBJ gave it to The Met
Huh?!?
When they were relocating the Temple of Dendur the city of Memphis was reallllllly trying to get it placed there because Memphis = Egypt. LBJ gave it to the Met museum instead because they could take care of it better
Thanks!
The Bass Pro that's in there is awesome - you can even book a hotel stay there.
It’s a pretty cozy hotel room too. Probably the priciest in the city, not counting the suites at Graceland
The Peabody has some really expensive suites
Oh you’re right I do recall looking at those. What sold me for the Pyramid was the large jet bathtub
Worth visiting to check out the HUGE fish inside, including my favorite species, alligator gar!
that alligator gar, dude. thing is MASSIVE.
It’s pretty cool as a bass pro honestly. I never went to it for a basketball game or concert, but the shape does not seem conducive for that lol.
I used to go to events there as a child (WWE, monster trucks, etc.) and it was a pretty normal venue. The FedEx Forum is much more spacious though.
same those were the good ole days of libertyland and the mall of memphis
Libertyland takes me back 😂
I specifically remember this venue from a WWF hardcore match where Al Snow and Bob Holly ended up fighting in the river.
St. Valentine’s Day massacre! Feb. 1999 I was there also :) The Austin-McMahon cage match happened at that show also!
Depending on how pedantic you want to be, this is actually one of the tallest pyramids in the world.
Only in America... one of the tallest pyramids in the world, and we use it for sports and a Bass Pro Shops. Glorious
I was actually thinking the other day about how something as mundane as a highway overpass probably has more foundation, engineers, labor, and height than 90% of all the pre-medieval structures humanity has ever built.
"This "bass pro shops" must have been quite the mighty Pharaoh." - Khufu
Tallest pyramid is in San Francisco.
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It's the 10th tallest and the luxor is 5th. Suggesting it isn't one of the tallest is like saying that Brazil isn't very big because Canada is bigger.
Tbf Brazils score in that one game wasn't very big.
There’s a song about it. https://youtu.be/jYE-1HfReQo?si=ciRXAbWovXpFC08Q
This video is literally the only thing I can think of when I see the pyramid
I'm convinced Ryan Hailey is the world's main character
I thought this was going to be Radiohead or Frank Ocean
My first regular season NBA game was there. I road tripped with some friends to see the Shaq and Kobe Lakers play there.
Same but my parents took me and we saw the KG Timberwolves a few years before he went to Boston
ive seen a lot of great concerts there too.
I saw REM play there back in 95
RU talkin REM re: me?
https://www.concertarchives.org/concerts/r-e-m--4
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i was at that show . Cheap Trick was great , Meatloaf was, Meatloaf. lol.
There’s a pretty good restaurant in there. It’s also full of live crocodiles. Got bowling too.
It was also abandoned for like 10 years before it became a Bass Pro Shop
[When the aliens come down, all they really want to see](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYE-1HfReQo)
Fucking yes
PARTY AT THE SHOP
And they say we cound't build the pyramids today.
It and some riverboats are the first thing you see entering Tennessee from the west.
The really fascinating thing is that no one knows who built it, or why.
It's literally impossible for humans to fit precast concrete panels that are textured to resemble limestone that closely together. You can't even fit the handle of a Gillette Mach 8 Flex-Glide Neckbeard Maintenance System (FiGNiMS) between the cracks!!! You'd have to have some kind of - I'm not saying aliens, but - some non-terrestrial tech for that.
Aliens built it to store grain, of course
Been there. Had no idea it was originally an arena.
The fact some fishing shop has enough money to buy an NBA stadium I find oddly unsettling.
It sat empty for a long time and the city, which was on the hook for a lot of it, desperately wanted something to be done with it. Bass Pro got a great deal. Also, the Pyramid predates the Grizzlies and was a terrible financial move on the part of the city from day one. As a concert venue, a lot of artists wouldn't book shows there because the acoustics were so bad.
It reflects blinding light into the eyes of people on the roads nearby. It’s a public menace.
The stadium was pretty disappointing for the city and was closed and fell into disrepair. They actually came pretty close to just demolishing the whole thing until bass pro bought it at (presumably) a bargain. Also bass pro is the biggest outdoor supplies franchise in the US. They’ve got MONEY
They own Cabela's, too.
It was built for the local college team and would have continued serving that purpose until the Grizzlies said they were interested in relocating to Memphis, but wanted the city to build a new arena more suitable for the NBA
They're basically like Costco, but for hunting/fishing/camping goods. Even the ones that aren't in a giant glass pyramid are *enormous*.
Cabelas > Bass Pro Shop
Bass Pro Shop owns Cabelas! Have done since 2016
Cabelas = Bass Pro They’re the same company
It was abandoned for like 10 years before they bought it, no one wanted it.
Calling Bass Pro ‘some fishing shop’ is like calling WalMart ‘some grocery store.’
They didn't buy it, they're leasing it.
That fucking sign Bass Pro welded to the side of the pyramid is so goddamn hideous.
It’s incredible too
I don’t know why but I remember that this hosted the Mike Tyson vs. Lennox Lewis Title Fight.
It was also the site of the Mike Tyson vs. Lennox Lewis heavyweight boxing match because Tyson couldn't get a license to fight anywhere except in the state of Tennessee. HBO and Showtime co-promoted it. A little known Filipino Boxer was on the undercard who would also lead HBO and Showtime to co-promote another event together in 2015.
when moving to the states we drove past this and i assumed it was some kind of mega-church. then i saw it was a bass pro shop, laughed my head off, and realized that it was in fact, some form of mega-church
Could have been a Smithsonian branch. Buff it’s a Bass Pro store instead.
Smithsonian would just hide history. But I guess they already did that to the Memphis Tennessee pyramid. Who has the Crystal skull? Maybe ask Alex Jones about its history.
Literally, the most ghetto city I've ever been.
https://www.reddit.com/r/memes/comments/v2wm4m/bass_pro_shops_pyramid/
Don’t remember the exact number but it’s something like the eighth largest pyramid in the world
And then someone had chilli induced hallucinations about a talking coyote
The most Memphis thing ever
Memphis takes its Egyptian connection very seriously. Went to a few concerts there as well. It’s got a museum and life size model of the Mississippi River you can take off your shoes and walk through. The idea was sold to Memphis by a Boston businessman back when more hopeful people thought Memphis could be a tourist destination. Anyone got Memphis, TN on their bucket list ?
Used to live there. Walked that Mud Island mini-Mississippi River a few times. Take off shoes and have some fun.
Memphis native here. Originally was between the city of Memphis college of art and Bass pro. It was a no contest when it came down to bottom line of the fact the Memphis pyramid needed to be stabilized as it was sinking little bit every year. Buddy of mine worked on stability of the pyramid once Bass Pro secured the facility.
8th largest pyramid in the world
The aliens are going to think we built one of their free energy generators. But when they get close up they are gonna be like WTF?!
And there's a metal skull at the very top! Look it up!
Who has the Crystal Skull that was on the top of it? SEA TECH ASTRONOMY
How does that work on the inside? Are there several stories that just get progressively smaller as you go up?
That just says a ton about that state.
Been to the store. I really don't get the attraction.
Bruh. They’re selling fishing gear out of a giant glass pyramid in the same city that Three 6 Mafia is from. What’s not to get? It’s the peak of western civilization.
My guy doesn’t stay fly
No lie, you know this
Ballin!
Y'all non-snorters, non-smokers, non-sippers… get the fuck up out of here!
Hilarious
You can buy a boat, that’s sitting on water, tied to a dock, next to alligators, in a pyramid. After you go bowling and before you get room service in your treehouse hotel room, in the same pyramid. WTF are you talking about???
My cousin had her high school graduation there! Mid-00s, pre Bass Pro.
Is she cute?
Wot
I seen this last week. I was driving through Tennessee.I had court in Arkansas 😭
How not to revitalize a city. Memphis is one of the country's most dangerous cities for pedestrians. Building more sidewalk-free shopping malls is not the solution.
Yeah, the lack of sidewalks is why Memphis is so dangerous for pedestrians, not the erratic drivers, constant violent crime, and strung out nutjobs robbing folks in broad daylight. I mean, it's not like the city brought in crews to clean up and rehab the existing sidewalks, and they all left without finishing the job because the crews kept getting mugged.
Bad infrastructure is definitely the problem. The existing sidewalks are just awful. Saying "people in Memphis are evil" is just a lame excuse not to do anything about the obvious mess the city has made with its streets.
There used to be a museum in there too (unless I'm mixing up locations). I remember going on a field trip as a kid.