Wildhorse Saloon and Retail Store Slated for DOWNTOWN DISNEY.NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 15, 1997--Nashville's Wildhorse Saloon will be bringing its line-up of hot Country Music artists and dance to Walt Disney World Noun 1. Walt Disney World - a large amusement park established in 1971 to the southwest of Orlando Orlando - a city in central Florida; site of Walt Disney World Resort next Spring, officials of the Walt Disney Company and Wildhorse co-owners Gaylord Entertainment Company Gaylord Entertainment Company (NYSE: GET) operates a number of hotel, resort, and media companies. Facilities owned include:
See: New York Stock Exchange :GET) and The Levy Restaurants announced today. The 27,000 square-foot entertainment venue and restaurant will be located in DOWNTOWN DISNEY Pleasure Island, on the site of The Fireworks Factory restaurant. Wildhorse is expected to open in Spring 1998. Prior to the opening, a free-standing Wildhorse Retail Store will open at DOWNTOWN DISNEY West Side in November of this year. The original Wildhorse Saloon, recipient of the 1997 SRO See Self-regulatory organization. SRO See self-regulatory organization (SRO). Award from the Country Music Association, opened three years ago in Nashville's historic downtown area, called "the District." It is the site for tapings of the daily "Wildhorse Saloon Dance Show" on The Nashville Network (TNN) cable network. Although Wildhorse has hosted Brooks & Dunn, LeAnn Rimes and Alan Jackson for TV interviews and club appearances, its worldwide reputation has been made launching hot new Country talent, such as former house bands Ricochet and Lonestar. The two-level Wildhorse Saloon at Walt Disney World Resort will continue that tradition, with a roster of live performances by rising Country artists. Two-stepping and line-dancing lessons on the 1500 square-foot dance floor will be led by the resident troupe of Wildhorse Dancers. A full lunch and dinner menu of signature "Unbridled Barbeque" will feature all-American favorites such as ribs, chicken, steak and catfish. Lunch will include family entertainment with lasso lasso (lăs`ō, lăs  `), light, strong rope, usually with a smooth, hard finish, made of a fine quality of hemp or nylon. and bullwhip bull·whip n. A long, plaited rawhide whip with a knotted end. tr.v. bull·whipped, bull·whip·ping, bull·whips To whip or beat with a bullwhip. demonstrations. Visitors can purchase Wildhorse apparel and souvenir memorabilia either at the retail shop within Wildhorse on Pleasure Island or at the satellite store at DOWNTOWN DISNEY West Side. The Wildhorse Saloon is a partnership of Nashville-based Gaylord Entertainment Company and Chicago-based The Levy Restaurants, which owns and operates The Fireworks Factory, Portobello Yacht Club and Fulton's Crab House at Walt Disney World Resort. The Levy Restaurants, recipients of every major dining award, currently operates 46 restaurants and food service units in 17 national and international markets. Gaylord Entertainment is a diversified entertainment and communications company operating in three industry segments: hospitality and attractions; broadcasting and music; and cable networks. Some of the properties include the Grand Ole Opry Grand Ole Opry, weekly American radio program featuring live country and western music. The nation's oldest continuous radio show, it was first broadcast in 1925 on Nashville's WSM as an amateur showcase. , the Opryland Hotel Convention Center, Opryland theme park, TNN: The Nashville Network and CMT CMT Certified Medical Transcriptionist. CMT abbr. Certified Medical Transcriptionist CMT California mastitis test. : Country Music Television. CONTACT: Gaylord Entertainment, Nashville Alan Hall, 615/316-6551 or The Levy Restaurants Carol Gies, 312/335-5006 or Walt Disney World Resort Jennie Hess, 407/397-6397 |
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