With Bass Pro open, focus turns to Pinch and Convention Center (Video)

In addition to creating an estimated 680 jobs in the community and resurrecting the long-dormant Pyramid, Bass Pro Shops’ new destination retail will also go a long way toward improving what Memphis City Mayor A C Wharton calls a “psychological glass ceiling” from Memphis. “Our vision had gotten stuck at a certain level, but as the Pyramid has a beak, it burst through,” Wharton said. “This is another example of how we’re breaking out of that lock down, ‘woe is us feeling’ that…

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