MEMPHIS, Tenn. (NEXSTAR) — It may be a familiar sight to Memphis residents, but visitors continue to be confounded by one particular downtown building — it’s the oddball Bass Pro Shops Pyramid.

MEMPHIS — Bass Pro Shops founder John Morris had a grand idea. He wanted to convert the iconic Memphis Pyramid — neglected and long-abandoned — into another one of his retail stores. The cost was $45 ...

Renovations cost around $215 million and began in 2012, Forbes reports. The Bass Pro Shops at the Pyramid (the site’s official name) finally opened in 2015.

In addition to a massive Bass Pro Shops store, the 32-story steel Pyramid houses the Big Cypress Lodge hotel, restaurants, multiple aquariums, waterfalls, a cave, a bowling alley, live alligators ...