Hotel to shake up Graceland

Elvis Presley dreamed of building a guest house at his Graceland property for friends visiting the rock ‘n’ roll icon in Memphis.

1 The Guest House at Graceland

Presley didn’t get to see his dream come true, but his fans will. The Guest House at Graceland is a 450-room hotel, opening October 27 just steps from Presley’s former home, Associated Press reported.

Presley died in 1977 and Graceland was eventually turned into a museum. Priscilla Presley, the singer’s former wife and caretaker of his legacy, said Elvis had planned to build a guest house at Graceland as far back as 1960. But it was never built, so when people visited, they’d stay at a Howard Johnson’s down the street.

Priscilla Presley called the hotel “the most significant enhancement to Graceland” since the singer’s home opened to tourists in 1982.