Abalandeli bakaKumkani werock kunye nomqolo kungekudala bazakuba nethuba lokuhlala njengomnye wabahlobo bakhe ngokuvulwa kwendlu yeeNdwendwe ekudala ilindelwe eGraceland eMemphis, eTennessee, amanyathelo nje asuka kwikhaya likaElvis Presley, eGraceland.

Ihotele yobunewunewu, emiselwe ukuvula u-Okthobha 27-phantse iminyaka engama-40 emva kokubhubha kukaPresley-iyakufezekisa iphupha lobomi bomculi odumileyo ukwenza indawo apho abahlobo bakhe neemvumi banokuphumla ngelixa besebenzisana neeprojekthi okanye bonwabele nje ikhefu.

U-Elvis wayesoloko efuna ukuba nendlu yeendwendwe yeendwendwe zakhe; wayehlala esonwabisa abantu, uMike Pramshafer, uSekela Mongameli wentengiso kunye nentengiso ye iNdlu yeeNdwendwe , uxelelwe Ukuhamba + Ukuzonwabisa , ukongeza, Le yinto esele ikwimisebenzi ixesha elithile, kwaye ngoku ekugqibeleni izaliseka.

Ihotele kuphela kwendawo ebumnandi kwindawo yaseMemphis, ngokwePramhafer, kunye neprojekthi enkulu yehotele esixekweni kule minyaka ingama-90 idlulileyo.

Amaxabiso okuhlala kwigumbi elinemigangatho emithandathu, ihotele enamagumbi ama-450 iqala kwi- $ 159 ngobusuku kwaye inyuke iye kwi-1,300 yeedola kwindawo efanelekileyo. Iveki yokuqala yokuvulwa kwehotele sele ibhukishwe ngokupheleleyo, kodwa amagumbi asekhona ngo-2016 wonke nangowe-2017.

Ihotele yodidi yeyona nto ibaluleke kakhulu eGraceland okoko savula ngo-1982, uPriscilla Presley uxelele I-Associated Press ngoMvulo . Oku kukhulu ... Ndiva ukuba kulungile nje kubalandeli, nakwiindwendwe zethu, nakubakhenkethi.

Uhlobo loyilo kunye nokuhonjiswa kwangaphakathi kucwangciselwe ukuba ngumxube wekoloniyali esemazantsi kunye nezinto ezininzi zala maxesha kumagumbi nakwiindawo zoluntu. Iindwendwe ziya kuhamba kwiikholamu kunye nakwii-arches ukungena kwi-lobby setyhula enezipili ezinamacala kwaye ibonakalisa imibala yesiginitsha yePresley emfusa negolide.

Izambatho zodonga lweVinyl kunye nefoto kaPresley kwisayinithi yakhe ibhatyi ehombise amagumbi, abandakanya ishawa efakwe iglasi, umabonakude osicaba kunye namakhethini amnyama, I-AP ixele .

Ihotele iyakwamkela iindwendwe kwiindawo zokutyela ezininzi, kubandakanya iDelta's Kitchen kunye neLobby Lounge, kunye neholo yokuhlalisa izihlalo ezingama-464 kunye namagumbi ebhola kwimisitho ekhethekileyo. Ingca ye-4,000-inyawo iya kuba nemidlalo eyonwabisayo yosapho enje ngecroquet, ibhola ye-bocce kunye ne-toss bag ukuphosa, kunye nephuli kunye nomgodi womlilo.

Inika abalandeli enye indawo yokuya kunqula u-Elvis, utshilo uPramhafer. Uyilo kunye nokuhonjiswa kweNdlu yeeNdwendwe kufuziselwa emva kwento esivakalelwa kukuba ukubonakala kuka-Elvis kuya kuba luluntu lwanamhlanje.