Gaylord Entertainment says that it is going to take upwards of $225 million to repair and rebuild the water-damaged Opryland Resort and the Grand Ole Opry following Nashville’s flooding in early May.
“We have had to manually test every aspect of our mechanical, electrical, information technology, and power generating systems in order to understand what works, what needs to be repaired, and what needs to be replaced,” says Gaylord chairman and CEO Colin Reed. “There is an entire city of infrastructure which operates under the Gaylord Opryland campus, the majority of which was fully under water, and thus the assessment process has been extensive.”
Here is a list of affected spaces and their fate:
- The Cascades Lobby, Cascades Restaurant, sushi bar, and Cascades Terrace lobby bar will require complete renovation.
- In the Garden Atrium, Volare’s Restaurant and Jack Daniel’s Restaurant will require renovation and will be redesigned to enhance the guest experience.
- 117 guest rooms were flooded and will require complete renovation.
- The ground floor exhibition space requires extensive cleaning, and the information technology infrastructure in this area will require full replacement.
- Ryman A breakout space, the laundry facility, and the sales offices will require full restoration.
- The power plant suffered significant damage, along with the majority of the electrical, mechanical, and information technology infrastructure, which will be replaced.
- At the Grand Ole Opry House, scheduled to reopen October 1, the majority of the ground floor was damaged and items such as the stage, pews, artists’ dressing rooms, and retail store will need to be replaced. The mechanical and power systems, stage curtains, and house rigging will also need to be replaced.
The Gaylord Opryland is expected to reopen for business on November 15.
