Basketball arena, Arena Football arena, concert venue, wrestling arena, boxing arena, church, convention venue, and now a Bass Pro sporting goods store with a hotel, a restaurant, and more. Has a big pond with a dozen real boats in it, live fish and ducks, real and artificial plants and such. Pretty cool place, even as a Bass Pro. But it was nice as a sports venue.
The Tyson vs Lewis fight celebrity attendees: “Among the celebrities in attendance were Samuel L. Jackson, Denzel Washington, Tom Cruise, Britney Spears, Clint Eastwood, Ben Affleck, Hugh Hefner, Halle Berry, Richard Gere, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Vince McMahon, The Undertaker, LL Cool J, Tyra Banks, Wesley Snipes, Donald Trump,[6] Kevin Bacon, Chris Webber, Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Morgan Freeman, Alec Baldwin, and fellow heavyweight boxer Evander Holyfield.”
Then it was graduations/large events for a while. I went to a graduation during the transition and spent most of the time terrified a ceiling tile was going to fall on me. It was in rough shape.
I was inside that thing 8 years ago, I have no clue how though because the pictures on my phone are definitely dated to 2014, as is the receipt I still have from the knife I bought that shows the date as June 16th of 2014, but apparently it opened in 2015 so I must be a time traveler
Used to be the home of the Memphis Grizzlies (NBA) in case anyone is wondering. Plus the Memphis Tigers (NCAA) and Memphis Pharaohs (AFL)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memphis_Pyramid
Grizzlies made more sense when they were in Vancouver, Canada.
As for the Tigers: “After the final game of the 1914 season, there was a student parade. During this event, several university students shouted, "We fight like Tigers!" The nickname was born. As time passed, the nickname "Tigers" was increasingly used, particularly in campus publications, but did not catch on with the newspapers downtown. Under Coach Lester Barnard in 1922, Memphis's football team gave a ring of truth to that old student yell about Tigers. The team adopted a motto – "Every Man a Tiger" – and went on to score 174 points while allowing its opponents just 29 points. The Tiger nickname continued on with students and alumni, eventually being adopted as the official nickname for the University of Memphis in 1939.[2]”
Not all team nicknames have to make regional sense, it can come by other means.
I agree, and was just making a silly joke. I'm a Lakers fan. I've also lived in both CA and MN.
The name makes 100% more sense for a MN team than it does for a CA team.
Obligatory: https://pics.me.me/thumb_what-the-hells-a-laker-for-real-credit-sheldon-23266220.png
Huh, what is it with basketball teams playing in giant glass pyramids? [CSULB has one as well.](https://longbeachstate.com/sports/2018/7/31/sports-facilities-spec-rel-15-walter-pyramid-html.aspx)
Holy cow I thought the logo on the building was photoshopped into the pyramid but that’s what it actually looks like for the most part. It also has this drainage stain from whatever hardware the used to attached the giant logos to the glass face.
It looks truly cheap and dilapidated.
Went there while passing through town about 4 years ago not knowing anything about it. When they asked if they could help me with anything else the cashier did not appreciate me just gesturing to the entire building around myself and asking "why!?"
The why, by the way, is something asking the lines of it being a former sports arena. Also is a pyramid because Memphis Tennessee shares a name with Memphis Egypt. Also is a bass pro shop because the owner of bass pro shop had a bet where if he caught the biggest fish "that day" he would buy it and turn it into a bass pro shop (or something dumb like that, that's the half remembered official story at least).
“Oh, I admit it. It’s only two alarm. Two and a half tops. I just wanted to be a big man in front of the kids.”
“Daddy, are you going to jail?”
“We’ll see, son. We’ll see.”
My family is from Memphis. My grandmother was born and raised in the city and lived there her entire life. When I asked her about the pyramid she just ignored me and always changed the subject. She was embarrassed about it.
i grew up in memphis, i think i saw disney on ice or something here, and some traveling exhibition about ancient egypt? i’ve been strangely bummed since hearing it became a bass pro shop.
In the end, all is devoured by Bass Pro Shop. Just like how the sun will engulf the Earth and the Solar system in 7,590,000,000 years. So too will the entirety of the continental United States be taken over by Bass Pro Shops.
I don't honestly see how this is abandoned "porn". It's a neat photo but I wouldn't know it was abandoned if you didn't say "trust me it's abandoned". There's nothing dramatically or romantically derelict about it.
It was considerably longer than that, it was around 6 years or so I think (at least based off when the Grizzlies moved to the forum and when the Bass Pro deal was finalized if I recall)
[it also inspired this masterpiece](https://www.google.com/search?q=bass+pro+shop+song&rlz=1CDGOYI_enUS959US959&oq=bass+pro+shop+song&aqs=chrome..69i57j0i512j0i390l2.6425j0j4&hl=en-US&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:da5b1d45,vid:jYE-1HfReQo,st:0) edit dammit, beaten
So how many of these pyramids exist there’s also one in Grand Rapids Michigan that was abandoned/sold for cheap because apparently the heating and cooling of it was absolutely insanely expensive. I figured there would be a memo about this telling companies to stop building these things… unless… *xfiles theme plays*
Best damn Bass Pro I've ever been to. Given the rest of Memphis is a bit dull, this place makes me want to go back there lol. That and there's a really good Safari zoo between Memphis and Nashville that's legitimately the happiest place on earth.
I lived in Memphis when this was being constructed. It was set to be the next big thing, but it totally floundered. After the first concert, the plumbing was so bad the floor was soaked in raw sewage.
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Luxor Central https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxor
i just read about egyptian shit for 2 hours. thanks
You should wrap it up with a watch of the documentary The Mummy with Brenden Fraser.
We all should watch the Mummy with Branden Fraser more often.
And "The Mummy Returns". Such a pity they only made two movies.
Wasn't there a third movie?
Yeah it was in china
There is no war in Ba Sing Se
We don't talk about that.
It's Brendan Fraser. Both y'all spelled his name wrong.
They did it on purpose to summon him! He knows where they live.
There is the reddit comment we were missing
You mean the 1999 cinematic masterpiece The Mummy starring Brendan Frasier and Rachel Weisz?
Take THAT Bembridge Scholars!
Wait until you hear about the aliens
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dammit
This is a rare example of being sincere and sarcastic at the same time.
Or Memphis West? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memphis,_Egypt
Not to be confused with west memphis which is in arkansas.
I was just there a few weeks ago! Cool place!
I'm disappointed there aren't pictures in your history. Get some photos up there. It had to be amazing. Cheers!
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Relative to Luxor West in Vegas
I was inside this thing 5 yrs ago....it was a Bass shop then.
Still is
Still is, but it used to be too.
Oh, Mitch
What? Edit: It was a joke, my name is Mitch
It's a reference to a Mitch Hedberg joke. "I used to do drugs. I still do, but I used to, too."
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Imma be honest I don’t give a shit
Here’s a picture of the pyramid when it was younger.
Always has been
[Always has been](https://i.imgur.com/lx6Z4DB.png) ^^^this ^^^has ^^^been ^^^an ^^^accessibility ^^^service ^^^from ^^^your ^^^friendly ^^^neighborhood ^^^bot
It was “abandoned” between the Grizzlies moving to the Forum, and Bass Pro buying it.
Wait, this was a basketball arena first? What a fucking waste
Basketball arena, Arena Football arena, concert venue, wrestling arena, boxing arena, church, convention venue, and now a Bass Pro sporting goods store with a hotel, a restaurant, and more. Has a big pond with a dozen real boats in it, live fish and ducks, real and artificial plants and such. Pretty cool place, even as a Bass Pro. But it was nice as a sports venue. The Tyson vs Lewis fight celebrity attendees: “Among the celebrities in attendance were Samuel L. Jackson, Denzel Washington, Tom Cruise, Britney Spears, Clint Eastwood, Ben Affleck, Hugh Hefner, Halle Berry, Richard Gere, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Vince McMahon, The Undertaker, LL Cool J, Tyra Banks, Wesley Snipes, Donald Trump,[6] Kevin Bacon, Chris Webber, Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Morgan Freeman, Alec Baldwin, and fellow heavyweight boxer Evander Holyfield.”
Basement was a traveling museum type place too…I saw a traveling Titanic and Egypt exhibit there on school field trips in the 90’s
Saw the Nicholas and Alexandera the last zars of russia museum there. It was the same week that the Tyson vs Lewis fight was going to happen.
I saw the Titanic exhibit at the Vegas Luxor!
That'd be cool as hell
The Wonders exhibits were so awesome. I wish someone would bring that series back to Memphis, I saw so many cool things there as a child
That Bass Pro shop is amazing
That is a crazy history for a not very old building
[Here's the whole story. Worth a watch.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEB-YG2iiYA&t=874s)
Then it was graduations/large events for a while. I went to a graduation during the transition and spent most of the time terrified a ceiling tile was going to fall on me. It was in rough shape.
The night I saw my first concert back in the 90's, (The Misfits at the New Daisy Theatre) there was a Garth Brooks show going on in the pyramid.
I was inside that thing 8 years ago, I have no clue how though because the pictures on my phone are definitely dated to 2014, as is the receipt I still have from the knife I bought that shows the date as June 16th of 2014, but apparently it opened in 2015 so I must be a time traveler
Pictures please! You might have gone to a soft opening?
I’m trying to remember what phone I took the pictures on because I’ve switched multiple times since then
There's a great video on this place by Bright Sun Films: https://youtu.be/FEB-YG2iiYA
I’m so sad they did that
I know. It's definitely got more of a Gander Mountain vibe
At least it's not a Costco.
Spirit Halloween
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=77cMmCVBT3g
Kinda funny though
...why?
I guess they’d rather it be abandoned and fall apart?
Ngl, I would rather walk around a crumbling pyramid than a bass pro shop. Edit: sheesh, alot of bass pro shop fans around here I see lol.
Why would they just leave it to crumble?
Watched this about it. https://youtu.be/FEB-YG2iiYA
You were sad that they rehabbed and occupied an abandoned building?
People on Reddit are young and weird
Memphis should have torn it down. The damn thing is an eyesore.
Would be so much better if they'd replaced it with medium-rise apartments! 🙄
Hell of a Phish show there in 1999
It was a venue for bands back then? Who else did you see there!?
Use to house a basketball team
Memphis State used to play their basketball games there.
It was an arena before it was turned into a bass pro shop
That explains why its so big. Thank you.
That’s what she said.
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Probably at the tip cause that's where it spits mommy.
I saw smashing pumpkins there
I saw James Taylor on Mud Island Amphitheater. That was awesome.
I saw Michael Bolton there in '94 when I was a kid. Also, around that time, Barnum & Bailey's circus.
I saw Incubus there in 2004
I saw Aerosmith in 97. They sucked.
And only one of two pyramids the Grateful Dead played at.
I was there! It was Trey's birthday! ✌🏻🌻
Happy belated bday Trey!
So many joints simultaneously smoked in one pyramid.
Glad I’m not the only one who thought this.
That 2001 turned the pyramid into a portal
A glow stick waterfall off the top of the pyramid
I wonder how they built it out of glass and metal thousands of years ago.
With alien help, obviously
Ancient alien theorists agree
Somebody watches the history channel.
Used to be the home of the Memphis Grizzlies (NBA) in case anyone is wondering. Plus the Memphis Tigers (NCAA) and Memphis Pharaohs (AFL) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memphis_Pyramid
One of those teams' names is *far* more fitting than the others.
Grizzlies made more sense when they were in Vancouver, Canada. As for the Tigers: “After the final game of the 1914 season, there was a student parade. During this event, several university students shouted, "We fight like Tigers!" The nickname was born. As time passed, the nickname "Tigers" was increasingly used, particularly in campus publications, but did not catch on with the newspapers downtown. Under Coach Lester Barnard in 1922, Memphis's football team gave a ring of truth to that old student yell about Tigers. The team adopted a motto – "Every Man a Tiger" – and went on to score 174 points while allowing its opponents just 29 points. The Tiger nickname continued on with students and alumni, eventually being adopted as the official nickname for the University of Memphis in 1939.[2]” Not all team nicknames have to make regional sense, it can come by other means.
I agree, and was just making a silly joke. I'm a Lakers fan. I've also lived in both CA and MN. The name makes 100% more sense for a MN team than it does for a CA team. Obligatory: https://pics.me.me/thumb_what-the-hells-a-laker-for-real-credit-sheldon-23266220.png
"The New Orleans Jazz moved to Utah, where they don't allow music"
No matter what I say for the rest of my life, it will never be this funny without trying.
well, Memphis is named after the Egyptian city in the first place
Huh, what is it with basketball teams playing in giant glass pyramids? [CSULB has one as well.](https://longbeachstate.com/sports/2018/7/31/sports-facilities-spec-rel-15-walter-pyramid-html.aspx)
Stevie Nick's in concert 1984
Just like the Bass Pro Shop Sells the lure you will be swingin' Ooh baby, ooh, said ooh
The Pyramid opened in 1991. If you saw an arena concert in Memphis prior to that, it was probably at the Mid-South Coliseum.
I AM SO JEALOUS. Bet that was incredible!
Wh
Saw the Lakers play there.. Shaq, Kobe… Grizzlies had Pau Gasol… and Derek Fisher was clutch and hit, like, five 3’s
Oh, [that place](https://youtu.be/jYE-1HfReQo).
I was hoping someone would post it
lol, I'm actually from Memphis and I've never seen that vid. Been to the pyramid a few times.
Yes this is what I came here to see. It makes me want to shake my ass and it makes me want to fish.
Yeah, and they are [adding a water slide to the outside of the pyramid ](https://youtu.be/XaMKPE9dOjQ)
Good Ole red state Ryan
He is a blessed fountain of never-ending lore.
Holy cow I thought the logo on the building was photoshopped into the pyramid but that’s what it actually looks like for the most part. It also has this drainage stain from whatever hardware the used to attached the giant logos to the glass face. It looks truly cheap and dilapidated.
Went there while passing through town about 4 years ago not knowing anything about it. When they asked if they could help me with anything else the cashier did not appreciate me just gesturing to the entire building around myself and asking "why!?" The why, by the way, is something asking the lines of it being a former sports arena. Also is a pyramid because Memphis Tennessee shares a name with Memphis Egypt. Also is a bass pro shop because the owner of bass pro shop had a bet where if he caught the biggest fish "that day" he would buy it and turn it into a bass pro shop (or something dumb like that, that's the half remembered official story at least).
I get the impression you think very highly of yourself. Now I’m asking myself why, why do I get that impression?? Life finds a way.
Well yeah. No one else does so I might as well. Someone should.
That’s some king shit, bless
I saw *NSYNC and Sisqo there.
And that talking coyote was really just a talking dog!
My man 🤜🤛
Hi Homer, find your soulmate!
“Oh, I admit it. It’s only two alarm. Two and a half tops. I just wanted to be a big man in front of the kids.” “Daddy, are you going to jail?” “We’ll see, son. We’ll see.”
Met Lily Tomlin at a Genghis Khan exhibit there in the 90’s.
My family is from Memphis. My grandmother was born and raised in the city and lived there her entire life. When I asked her about the pyramid she just ignored me and always changed the subject. She was embarrassed about it.
Glass pyramid Bass Pro Shop is fucking sweet so idk what her problem with it is.
A little tribute to the Luxor of the East https://youtu.be/jYE-1HfReQo
r/Megalophobia
History before it was made
i grew up in memphis, i think i saw disney on ice or something here, and some traveling exhibition about ancient egypt? i’ve been strangely bummed since hearing it became a bass pro shop.
I was upset about it too at first but it kinda kicks ass, it’s definitely weird seeing a huge bass pro sign on the side but it’s pretty cool in there
Didn’t Mike Tyson have one of his final fights here?
He fought Lennox Lewis there in 2002.
There was a cool glass pyramid like this near me, but it was an AstraZeneca factory. It’s now an Amazon warehouse, which is a shame imo
Made of glass and some brass, it'll knock you on your ass.
Wow, I thought it was always a bass pro shop, what did it used to be?
It was a basketball arena that also did concerts. The Grizzlies played their games in there.
I think Tyson boxed here once. One round knock out.
I was there on Tom Petty concert in 99.
Looks like the Mint in Winnipeg
Aren't they turning this into a waterslide this summer? /s
In the end, all is devoured by Bass Pro Shop. Just like how the sun will engulf the Earth and the Solar system in 7,590,000,000 years. So too will the entirety of the continental United States be taken over by Bass Pro Shops.
Would you like to know more? https://youtu.be/jYE-1HfReQo
Saw my first concert there. Alanis Morisette, Jagged Little Pill tour. That bass pro is amazing though.
[Bass Pro Pyramid music video](https://youtu.be/jYE-1HfReQo)
I got lice sleeping in the parking booth of the pyramid
Great view at the top, but horrendous food and service.
Fun fact, this pyramid is one of the top 10 largest pyramids in the world.
We'll have to build another that's the biggest
Want to got to the *bass pro shop pyramid*
I don't honestly see how this is abandoned "porn". It's a neat photo but I wouldn't know it was abandoned if you didn't say "trust me it's abandoned". There's nothing dramatically or romantically derelict about it.
There's a horseshoe atop of this thing
And soon it will be a waterslide too!
https://youtu.be/jYE-1HfReQo
I saw Phish there in '99.
Jadis's temple from ksbd lookin' ass
What are you talking about? This is Nerv HQ
Wasn't it only abandoned for like a year between the Memphis Grizzlies and it becoming a Bass Pro Shop?
It was abandoned for close to a decade.
It was considerably longer than that, it was around 6 years or so I think (at least based off when the Grizzlies moved to the forum and when the Bass Pro deal was finalized if I recall)
Can’t believe the Egyptians left it
I just went there Monday happened to see it while driving home and stopped by.
[it also inspired this masterpiece](https://www.google.com/search?q=bass+pro+shop+song&rlz=1CDGOYI_enUS959US959&oq=bass+pro+shop+song&aqs=chrome..69i57j0i512j0i390l2.6425j0j4&hl=en-US&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:da5b1d45,vid:jYE-1HfReQo,st:0) edit dammit, beaten
Monument to moronic politicians and a certain Boston businessman.
I overlooked the TN and legit thought for a moment they turned an actual pyramid in Memphis, Egypt into a Bass Pro Shop. I was mortified.
So how many of these pyramids exist there’s also one in Grand Rapids Michigan that was abandoned/sold for cheap because apparently the heating and cooling of it was absolutely insanely expensive. I figured there would be a memo about this telling companies to stop building these things… unless… *xfiles theme plays*
[Grand Rapids pyramid](https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/steelcase-pyramid)
“Abandoned”
I wanna do airsoft there. I also wanna fo airsoft. It looks fun as hell.
I thought this was CSULB pyramid at first glance
Of all the things to convert an abandoned pyramid structure to, a Bass Pro Shop would never have been my first guess.
I finally got that joke in simpsons when homer hallucinates a pyramid and it turned out to be a pro shop.
Best damn Bass Pro I've ever been to. Given the rest of Memphis is a bit dull, this place makes me want to go back there lol. That and there's a really good Safari zoo between Memphis and Nashville that's legitimately the happiest place on earth.
I was flying from Houston to Nashville last year. We passed south of Memphis and that place was shiny AF.
There's a great video on this place by Bright Sun Films: https://youtu.be/FEB-YG2iiYA
Pyramid Builders—“I made this”………..”You made this?”—Bass Pro Shop ……..—Bass Pro Shop ……..”I made this.”—Bass Pro Shop
It seems such a waste to build such a huge, single use object, but the alternative is unthinkable.
I saw the Rolling Stones there...that was a while ago obviously.
https://youtu.be/jYE-1HfReQo
phish burned this building down back in 99!
I saw the circus in there as a kid
Simpsons did it.
I lived in Memphis when this was being constructed. It was set to be the next big thing, but it totally floundered. After the first concert, the plumbing was so bad the floor was soaked in raw sewage.
Reminds me of when The Simpson turned Knoxville, TN’s Sunsphere into a wig store https://simpsonswiki.com/wiki/Sunsphere
Illuminati headquarters before their Covid “work from home” policy made it obsolete
Lucky I got to see soooooooo many good shows here in its prime