Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center, formerly known as Opryland Hotel, is a large hotel and convention center located in Nashville, Tennessee and owned by Gaylord Hotels, a division of Gaylord Entertainment Company. It is the largest non-casino hotel in the Continental United States outside of Las Vegas.
There are 2,881 guest rooms, 109,465 square feet of ballroom space, 319,000 square feet of exhibition space, 6 restaurants, 3 lounges, 8 eateries, 14 retail stores, a nightclub and spa.
On May 3, 2010 the entire Opryland Hotel complex and its surrounding campus—including Music Valley Drive and parts of Briley Parkway—was under 5-10 feet of floodwaters generated from the swollen Cumberland River, which jumped its banks after two days of torrential rainfall. Pictures from the inside of the hotel showed the Cascades restaurant area swamped with water and debris, as were the adjacent tropical gardens. Aerial shots confirm the entire complex, as well as the nearby Opry Mills Mall, was completely inundated by water. Gaylord's other riverfront properties—Springhouse Golf Course, and The Wildhorse Saloon—are also directly affected by the flooding Cumberland River. The golf course was completely underwater, and Wildhorse Saloon was partially flooded along First Avenue in downtown Nashville.
The Gaylord Perry Opryland Hotel reopened its doors on November 15, 2010 which is six months after the flood.
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