Circle G Ranch 2002
- Elvis park supporters site [ie, cite] economics over homage for park's construction
(DeSoto Times Today, March 1, 2002)
HERNANDO - 'If you build it, Elvis fans will come.' This is just one of the Elvis Presley theme park slogans used Thursday night outside the DeSoto County Administration Building during the county's zoning commission meeting. More than 100 people were in attendance to witness a ruling for rezoning of the proposed site for the park, packing the county board room and the hallway outside the meeting. Though Presley's name has been attached to the proposed $500 million theme park, supporters of the project seemed to be more interested in the economics. ... "It's close to Graceland, and that place attracts more people every year than the White House."
- DeSoto Elvis plan: Tourist mecca or just a big nuisance?
By William C. Bayne
(Go Memphis, February 28, 2002)
Where developers see a $500 million Elvis-themed resort, Elsie Marsh of Walls sees a mammoth traffic magnet. "We don't need any more traffic on Goodman Road. It's bad enough as it is,'' said Marsh, who lives in the nearby Allen subdivision. Tonight, increased traffic will be among the concerns as the DeSoto County Planning Commission considers a rezoning proposal to allow the project to advance. The project, described for officials in Horn Lake last week by J. D. Stacy of Alpharetta, Ga., includes golf courses, wedding chapels, retail space, and replicas of Graceland and the White House, among other features. The development's impact, traffic and sewage disposal will be of concern, said Jim McDougal, a contract planner with the planning commission. McDougal said the commission staff has asked Stacy to provide a traffic assessment study.
- Gold miner seeking motherlode in Elvis
By WILLIAM BAYNE
(
CinciNow, February 19, 2002)
A developer wants to build a resort on the property in DeSoto County, Miss., just south of Memphis, where Elvis and Priscilla Presley spent their honeymoon in 1967. JB "Chase" Stacy said he will go before the DeSoto County Planning Commission later this month to seek zoning for the proposed $500 million development, just miles south of Memphis, across the Tennessee and Mississippi state line. Stacy outlined his plans for the Elvis Presley Ranch Resort earlier this week, saying his plans include two championship golf courses, retail, entertainment and residential areas, and replicas of the famed honeymoon cottage for rent. His attorneys, Stacy said, believe he won't need permission from Elvis Presley Enterprises to use the name "Elvis Presley Ranch" because the ranch once belonged to the entertainer. However, Elvis Presley Enterprises exercises tight control over the use of Presley's name. And efforts to reach the company for comment have not been immediately successful. "It seems to me that this development is going to benefit everyone," Stacy said. "I would have no problems with a contract with (Elvis Presley Enterprises), but we do not have one." When Presley owned his part of the property, it was known as the Circle G Ranch. He sold it in 1974.
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