Zoning request suggests Hard Rock Hotels is targeting Downtown
Documents filed with the city propose a Hard Rock Hotel at the current Jerry Lee Lewis Cafe & Honkey Tonk on Beale Street.
Topic: Beale Street
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April 2022
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Beale, Downtown report peaceful weekend amid crowds
A $5 entry fee, plus weapon and ID checks, were required to enter Beale Street between 8 p.m. Friday and 3 a.m., helping officials track the number of visitors.
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It was a busy Saturday on Beale
The Grizzlies may have lost Game 1 of the playoff, but Downtown Memphis bars and restaurants were big winners.
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Police release video of Beale shooting suspects
Memphis police Tuesday released video footage of the three suspects from the shootout that occurred on Beale Street April 10.
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Police chief updates Downtown security, citywide crime statistics
Throughout the city, gun-related arrests, gun thefts, and gun seizures have increased for the year.
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March 2022
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Watch: Downtown office needs shift as workers return
Downtown Memphis Commission President Paul Young talks on Behind The Headlines about saving tax incentives for Class A office space, why incentives for residential development are still necessary despite a rise in rents and an RFP on Beale Street.
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St. Patrick’s Parade pushes pandemic blues off Beale St.
“We’re thinking of this as the kickoff to spring and hopefully, all things normal,” Silky O’Sullivan’s owner Joellyn Sullivan said. “This is the beginning of our path out of the pandemic.”
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Green means go, as St. Patrick’s parade returns
The fanfare is back for the 47th Annual Silky Sullivan St. Patrick’s Parade on Saturday, March 12.
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January 2022
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Design Review Board to consider eye-popping Downtown mural
At a meeting Wednesday, Jan. 5, local artists’ colorful image for the Hyatt Centric — on a concrete wall facing the intersection of Beale and Wagner streets — will be considered.
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December 2021
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Some New Year’s Eve events canceled, others rolling on
At least a couple of venues are reacting to the COVID surge by canceling their New Year’s Eve events, but so far the Beale Street festivities are still on.
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The To-Do List: New Year’s Eve edition
If you decide to leave your couch this New Year’s Eve, here are a few options to welcome the year 2022.
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September 2021
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Restaurateur Tommy Peters loved food, music and exporting ‘Memphis brand’
Tommy Peters was a money man, not a restaurateur, but he loved music and when he met B.B. King, his path changed.
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July 2021
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Cheers for Beers: Ghost River brings the brew to Beale with new taproom
Ghost River Beale Street opened earlier this month on the east end of the street, bringing food, live music, its local beers, a nano brewery and a full bar to the new taproom.
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‘Blue’ sounds: Rodd Bland brings his dad’s music back to Beale
Second-generation Memphis musician Rodd Bland, the son of late soul/blues great Bobby ‘Blue’ Bland, pays tribute to his father’s sound, on a new tribute album and a Beale Street concert.
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May 2021
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Ghost River Brewing opening on Beale Street
Chef Sobie Johnson of Flying Sobie’s Gourmet Kitchen will provide the food at the second Ghost River location.
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Former duck master, other tour guides take pandemic in stride
Local tourism businesses have come up with some creative services to keep their operations going during a time when the COVID-19 pandemic severely restricted leisure travel.
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March 2021
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Memphis Black Restaurant Week: SugaShack
There’s a new spot for classic Southern comfort food on Beale.
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January 2021
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Redesigned hotel would rise over Beale’s east end, renderings show
Plans for a new hotel at the east end of the Beale Street entertainment district show a mostly glass-and-brick building that will house 145 guestrooms. At six stories, the building would tower over the nightclubs and restaurants.
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December 2020
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Carlisle: Hyatt Centric to offer ‘unparalleled’ river views despite taller Grand Hyatt
Hyatt Centric’s hotel guests and patrons of its rooftop bar and riverfront restaurant will have river views despite plans to erect a taller Grand Hyatt next door.
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Beale St. Music Festival canceled as City Council mulls ‘safer at home’
The Memphis In May International Festival is calling off the Beale Street Music Festival in May as the Memphis City Council considers urging a Christmas week “safer at home” order.
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Beale St. club among latest health department closures
Three more businesses have been cited for a variety of COVID-safety violations.
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November 2020
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Calkins: When will we fill the Liberty Bowl and FedExForum again?
It was a year ago this week that Memphians crammed on to Beale Street for “College GameDay.” When can something like that happen again? I talked to the experts. You may not like what they said.
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October 2020
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‘Mobility Center’ crowns $62M plan to improve Downtown parking, walking
The Downtown Memphis Commission is proposing a comprehensive solution to parking and pedestrian shortcomings.
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June 2020
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Fifth night of Downtown protests erupts into scuffles with police and among crowd
As hundreds of protesters gathered Downtown Sunday evening and early Monday morning, there was more tension and more strategy than the previous four demonstrations in response to the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police. And some of the tension was among different camps of activists.
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May 2020
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Police arrest 8 following Downtown protests
“Some have asked why our officers were wearing riot gear protection,” Memphis Police Director Mike Rallings said in a Facebook statement. “I feel that this question is asked because some do not know all of the details."
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