Grand Ole Opry House legacy

The Grand Ole Opry House, opened at its Opryland Drive location in 1974, is the long-running home of the Grand Ole Opry radio show that began in 1925. The Opry House and the Opry are central to numerous documented stories and legends about breakthrough performances, career-making broadcasts, and backstage anecdotes involving major country artists. Those stories are widely recorded in histories of country music and form a core element of Nashville's musical heritage.