{"id":1312798,"date":"2019-07-25T07:09:17","date_gmt":"2019-07-25T13:09:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1809479"},"modified":"2019-07-25T07:09:17","modified_gmt":"2019-07-25T13:09:17","slug":"grand-ole-opry-adds-impressive-film-amid-12-million-expansion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/music-news\/grand-ole-opry-adds-impressive-film-amid-12-million-expansion\/","title":{"rendered":"Grand Ole Opry Adds Impressive Film Amid $12 Million Expansion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"byline\">by <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/author\/shelburnec\/\" title=\"Posts by Craig Shelburne\" rel=\"author\">Craig Shelburne<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"date\">31m ago<\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n<p>You may have seen the Grand Ole Opry, but you\u2019ve never seen it like this.<\/p>\n<p>As part of a $12 million expansion, the Opry now begins its daytime backstage tours with a screening of a magical new film that encompasses the Opry\u2019s shows history, from legends like Roy Acuff and Minnie Pearl, to newest members Luke Combs and Kelsea Ballerini.<\/p>\n<p>The film, hosted by Opry members Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood, features priceless archival footage of over 100 artists, country\u2019s most iconic songs, and concert-like special effects.<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\">Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.today.com\/today\/embedded-video\/mmvo63345221574\">www.today.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"> <\/noscript><\/div>\n<p>Throughout the film, Brooks and Yearwood stand in the Opry\u2019s famous circle which moved with the Opry from the historic Ryman Auditorium to the Opry House more than 40 years ago and reflect on their first memories of the Opry, their Opry debuts, member invitations and inductions, and lives as members of the Opry family.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, they share some of the Opry\u2019s most powerful moments and lead a chorus of dozens of past and present Opry artists \u2014 Roy Acuff, Trace Adkins, Patsy Cline, Vince Gill, Dolly Parton, Minnie Pearl, Darius Rucker, Blake Shelton, Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban among them \u2014 in the Opry\u2019s anthemic \u201cWill The Circle Be Unbroken.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"photo\" id=\"dcd971f5\">\n<div class=\"deferred_content\"><noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;img&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/07\/Trisha-Yearwood-20th-w-Garth-by-Chris-Hollo-8826-3.12.19-1564059558.jpg?quality=0.85&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/07\/Trisha-Yearwood-20th-w-Garth-by-Chris-Hollo-8826-3.12.19-1564059558.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=481 481w, 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http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/07\/Trisha-Yearwood-20th-w-Garth-by-Chris-Hollo-8826-3.12.19-1564059558.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1500 1500w, http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:cmt.com\/news\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/07\/Trisha-Yearwood-20th-w-Garth-by-Chris-Hollo-8826-3.12.19-1564059558.jpg?quality=0.8&amp;format=jpg&amp;width=1800 1800w\" title=\"Trisha Yearwood 20th w Garth by Chris Hollo-8826-3.12.19\" class=\"js-srcset-img shortcode-image portrait p3x4\" alt><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The new film leads off the Opry\u2019s new backstage tour, which continues into the newly renovated Opry House lobby featuring a new, custom lighting element made with Gibson guitars and a video presentation showcasing what happens backstage in the moments before the Opry\u2019s red curtain goes up on the iconic show.<\/p>\n<p>By night, the new Circle Room becomes a VIP upgrade area for Opry show guests, featuring food and beverage as well as a visit from an artist on the evening\u2019s show.<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\">Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.today.com\/today\/embedded-video\/mmvo63234117972\">www.today.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"> <\/noscript><\/div>\n<p>The new Opry Circle Room and Lobby experiences were conceived, designed, and produced by award-winning experience design and production agency BRC Imagination Arts.<\/p>\n<p>The Circle Room is the capstone of a $12 million Opry House expansion and renovation project aimed at enhancing the Opry guest experience. In addition to the new VIP room and film, the renovation also included a new retail store, enhanced food and beverage options, a new parking area, and additional Plaza upgrades, which were completed in late 2018.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/1809479\/grand-ole-opry-adds-impressive-film-amid-12-million-expansion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: CMT News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Craig Shelburne 31m ago You may have seen the Grand Ole Opry, but you\u2019ve never seen it like this. As part of a $12 million expansion, the Opry now begins its daytime backstage tours with a screening of a magical new film that encompasses the Opry\u2019s shows history, from legends like Roy Acuff and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[159],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1312798","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-13 02:46:27","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSKE Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1312798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1312798"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1312798\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1312798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1312798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1312798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}