How does a city reuse a former basketball bowl when the squad moves to new digs across town ? And what if , hypothetically , that arena is mold like a Pyramids of Egypt ? If you ’re Memphis , you fill it with a 535,000 square - fundament Bass Pro Shop , then sit back and hold off for the apocalypse to arrive .
Built in 1991 , Memphis ’s Great American Pyramid has been empty for over a decade , loom on the skyline like a bad idea gestate after too much cocaine . Numerous marriage proposal have assay to revive the 32 - history pyramid but none had the $ 191 million support of America ’s most audacious retail merchant .
In addition to the sale level , the store is like a Vegas - musical scale Bubba Gump frontier settlement including a cypress swampland with live gator , a bowling alley , a restaurant , an observance deck , taxidermy museum , and a hotel . If these photos are n’t enough to convince you of humanity ’s close at hand doom , there are more imagesover at Bloomberg Businessweek . The store open up today .
[ Bloomberg Businessweekvia @joshpetri ]
AP Photo / Karen Pulfer Focht
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