Elvis fans make pilgrimage to his gravesite at Graceland

A new entertainment complex being built across the street from Graceland, Elvis Presley’s former home-turned-museum in Memphis, Tennessee will include a large sound stage for live performances and movie screenings, and an exhibit honouring influential music producer Sam Phillips, officials said on Monday.

Despite pouring rain, Presley fans from around the world are holding candles and walking slowly through the gravesite of the rock “n” roll icon, who died on August 16, 1977.

MEMPHIS, TN-Graceland’s new resort hotel, The Guest House at Graceland, is on schedule to open in late October, with 90% of construction now completed on the structure, according to the company.

The 200,000 square foot Graceland entertainment complex will offer a ‘fully-immersive Elvis and pop culture experience to celebrate the most popular entertainer of all time’.

One of the key attractions of the new complex is expected to be Elvis: The Entertainer, a 20,000-square-foot museum that will celebrate various aspects of Presley’s life and career.

Elvis Presley fans file past his grave during a candlelight vigil at Graceland in 2002.

Elvis fans wait to enter the mansion inside of Graceland in Memphis. The Coalition of Concerned Citizens including Black Lives Matter protesters and other – I was going to say gangs, excuse me – groups, announced their plan to shut down Graceland.

Last year, Jack White splashed out $300,000 on the King of Rock “n” Roll’s first recordings at another auction at his Graceland estate on January 8, 2015, which would have been Elvis’ 80th birthday.