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Elvis Presley’s Graceland beginning stay digital excursions

FILE - In an Aug. 15, 2017 file photo, fans wait in line outside Graceland, Elvis Presley's Memphis home, in Memphis, Tenn. Elvis Presley's Graceland says it will reopen Thursday, May 21, 2020 after it shut down tours and exhibits due to the new coronavirus outbreak. The tourist attraction in Memphis, Tennessee, said Sunday that it has adjusted its tours, and restaurant and retail operations, since it closed in March.
FILE – In an Aug. 15, 2017 file picture, lovers wait in line outside Graceland, Elvis Presley’s Memphis property, in Memphis, Tenn. Elvis Presley’s Graceland states it will reopen Thursday, May perhaps 21, 2020 right after it shut down tours and displays owing to the new coronavirus outbreak. The vacationer attraction in Memphis, Tennessee, mentioned Sunday that it has adjusted its tours, and restaurant and retail functions, due to the fact it closed in March.Brandon Dill/AP

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Elvis Presley’s Graceland is now presenting reside on the internet excursions for admirers around the environment, including people who are not able to travel to the Tennessee vacationer attraction during the coronavirus pandemic.

Graceland mentioned the two-hour guided excursions will take virtual guests into Presley’s previous Memphis dwelling, which has been turned into a museum, and through the Meditation Backyard garden, exactly where he is buried. The singer and actor died in Memphis on Aug. 16, 1977.

Also involved in the $100 ticket is a tour of Presley’s jet and a walk by way of the entertainment complicated, which residences exhibits and artifacts connected to Presley. Viewers will be ready to inquire inquiries in the course of the tours.


Graceland generally hosts hundreds of hundreds of site visitors a calendar year. But the tourist attraction has noticed a fall in people during the virus outbreak. Graceland was closed for various weeks past 12 months and is now open up for constrained-ability, in-particular person tours.

Virtual tours are scheduled for Jan. 27, Feb. 25, and March 25, with much more dates expected.