Country Music Hall of Fame Ready to Set Attendance Record, Welcome One Millionth Visitor
If you made your way to the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in 2015 to bask in all of the country music history and take a stroll in the Hall of Fame rotunda, you’re not alone. There’s been nearly one million of you so far, and counting. And if you haven’t been to the Hall of Fame so far in 2015, now might be a good time to plan to attend. Because someone will be the Hall of Fame’s record-setting one millionth visitor in a calendar year, and that lucky person will walk away with some serious country music booty.
In 2014, the Hall of Fame and Museum set an attendance record of 970,971 heads through the door, up from 668,577 attendees in 2013, which was also a record at the time, and up from a record 564,777 in 2012. That’s what you call an upward trajectory. Revenue for the non-profit has also been skyrocketing over the past few years along with the rising attendance numbers, helped by a $100 million-dollar expansion, a conjoining with the Omni Hotel and the Music City Center convention complex, and a partnership with the relocated Hatch Show Print. It all ties in with a greater interest in downtown Nashville as a tourist destination due to the Nashville TV show on ABC among other factors, and a big push for tourism by the city.
The Country Music Hall of Fame is anticipating the one millionth customer will walk through the door on December 4th, and is offering all attendees on that day 10% off purchases in the Museum Store, 10% off at Hatch Show Print, as well as 10% off food and beverage purchases. And if you’re lucky enough to be the one millionth customer, you will receive:
” Museum membership for 2016
” $500 shopping spree at the Museum Store/Circa
” $250 shopping spree at Hatch Show Print
” 2 tickets to a 2016 Artist-in-Residence Performance at the Country Music Hall of Fame
” 2 tickets to CMA Music Fest 2016 ” 2 plane tickets for CMA Music Fest 2016 ” Hotel accommodations for CMA Music Fest 2016
” 2 tickets to 50th Annual CMA Awards
So if you’re in Nashville that day, you may want to stop by. Or you could hit up TGI Fridays and get some potato skins or something.
November 29, 2015 @ 9:15 pm
They forgot the grand prize, which is Luke Bryan twerking on you while you question all of your life decisions…
November 29, 2015 @ 9:35 pm
Bet I could trade the winnings for a Martin. Probably ain’t nothing there worth having.
November 30, 2015 @ 6:13 am
That’s an absolute lie and a dumb statement. It’s a true testament to the genre. You feel the weight of what some artists went through to get there. It touches all parts of country music history. Not all on display but in total there’s two million artifacts that are housed there. Rotate different things to keep it fresh.
November 30, 2015 @ 6:28 am
I’m with you Jake! Give me a Martin so I can help turn things back around, instead of “cherishing the past”just standing by and letting bro country commit murder on music row.
November 30, 2015 @ 7:56 am
The thing I enjoyed most about my visit to the Hall of Fame was the trip out to Studio B. What a place, the music almost oozes out of the walls!
I was also delighted to meet Rose Lee Maphis, widow of guitar wiz Joe Maphis, who works as a ‘greeter’ in the Hall of Fame foyer – lovely lady!
November 30, 2015 @ 9:06 am
Glad I read the post. At first glance I almost thought it took this long for 1M visitors.
November 30, 2015 @ 9:25 am
I don’t think this will bring more music related conventions to or back to Nashville.
November 30, 2015 @ 6:51 pm
Anyway I meant the gift shop.