The Memphis Pyramid

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[@TinySwanGrandAdventures]

Fun facts; -There are 13 free roaming ducks who live there currently. -Uncle Buck's Fishbowl Cafe is now a Wahlburger's with the "fish bowl" bowling alley still intact and fully operational. -The large silver and black colored Sturgeon is the second largest of the two females and is a super rare coloration. -The elevator that leads up to the observation deck and restaurant is the world's tallest freestanding elevator and is $8 to ride up. -The location in Springfield, MO is known as the "grandfather" location due to it's sheer size and is the location of the Wonders of Wildlife Museum you see advertised in the front of the Memphis Pyramid upon entering.

[@Tyblorg]

Someone managed to walk out with a taxidermied wildcat at the Bass Pro here in town.

[@AR_119]

??? HOWWW?? 😆

[@shanepleasants6280]

Zachary Rugar you walk fast

[@pika23]

@Zachary Rugar put an emotional support vest on it and no one will stop you

[@markshelton5321]

In the late 80s, I was doing an internship at an investment firm in Memphis. A guy I invited to a pool party was sitting in the corner drawing triangles on napkins. Turns out he was the architect for the Pyramid. The rest is history...

[@gonzoforce3898]

Doubt.

[@clicheguevara5282]

I grew up in Memphis. I used to hate when they'd have concerts there because the sound was *terrible* in there.

[@TreadwellJay]

I can imagine how terrible the acoustics would be!

[@seanstevens4635]

The first concert there was the Judd's and the next day was van Halen saw that concert Memphis is my home town but I had to leave.

[@vespeyvesticle9985]

The Giza Pyramids have remarkable acoustic properties, but not simply for being pyramids.

[@alk61695]

Amazing to think that was once a sports arena.

[@Xfact0r]

11:54 Camo jokes never get old. Nice work!

[@catnash]

I saw Bette Midler perform at the Pyramid in the early 90's. We were mugged walking back to our cars. Definitely inauspicious in terms of being a worthwhile place to visit.

[@englishatheart]

'90s*

[@LukeWarm05]

When the Pyramid was first built, Isaac Tigrett (Hard Rock & House of Blues founder), who was heavily involved in its development, placed a crystal skull in its apex because his spiritual guru, Sathya Sai Baba, told him to.

[@evancrew1234]

Ahhh yes because when I think of Egypt and pyramids the first thing I think of is Bass Pro Shops.

[@newbeginning9112]

Memphis is Egyptian name There's a pyramid just like in Egypt The Mississippi River AKA the Nile of America runs through there. Somethings adding up.

[@lifeoftrash.t.v.6507]

Fr

[@mpm1125]

This was originally built as an arena and it was supposed to be the centerpiece of an entire area that was to be themed as Ancient Egypt, a theme park on the Mississippi River to look like the Nile River.

[@therubberduck1165]

The Pharos liked to 🐠

[@keithjohnson8636]

12:02 Dad joke warning

[@Tadpole_Plyrr2]

I’m actually watching this because I have a phobia of taxidermy and I have actual attacks going in this place and I always have since I was 6 (yes I had nightmares of it lol) I’ve been watching videos to help so I can ATLEAST ship there

[@englishatheart]

I don't have a phobia of it but I hate it none the less. All those poor animals having their lives stolen away only to have their corpses desecrated.

[@Seamonkey555]

How did you do watching this?

[@theartyrosea4951]

Take it from someone who lives in the area and has eaten it. It's a decent place for fudge, roasted nuts, and other goodies. I personally like the cashews.

[@havoczeal1264]

Mary Money I lived there too, I think I got honey roasted almonds from the pyramid , they were pretty good!

[@Campbrightmoon]

Wow was not expecting all of this inside! Would love to visit that bowling alley especially!

[@Wildman-lc3ur]

that would be hilarious the carpetbagger traveling america on boat and checking out the riverside attractions

[@quartzboye]

The last time I went here was at an NSYNC concert in 2000. x'D

[@kcsunshineadventures1496]

Well I was expecting a Egyptian theme inside, unreal. Thanks Jacob

[@cindythecatwoman1601]

K C Sunshine Adventures He should play Walk Like an Egyptian by the Bangles.

[@bennelson8429]

They had more Egyptian themed things when it was still a sports arena. Bass Pro gutted the building when they bought it.

[@D-A-1776]

I was too when I went, it's cool but disappointing

[@piratejim72]

Just go to the Luxor in Vegas…. All the theme decorations you ever need.

[@JamesScott-lc8md]

Very interesting. Thx for sharing

[@JamesPlaysJP]

Fun fact, my dad helped with the electrical installation sometime in the pyramid’s life

[@mcwatersd]

That is really different from your usual places but very interesting. Glad someone made use of an empty space instead of removing it or letting it go to waste. They did a terrific job. Keep Safe❤Keep Well❤

[@trepplee]

Great vid! Ive driven by it 2 times traveling and couldnt stop. This cured my curiosity! Thank you for sharing!

[@salanicus]

Wow, I'm loving your New 2920 editing style. Especially like using more drone b-roll to help establish location. Gives it more of a fun travel channel feel. And they're beautiful shots. But this Bass Pro shop episode makes me want to visit asap :) Thanks for this fun share, James and Kim

[@ehrldawg]

Ive driven by that thig multiple times and wondered what it was all about. Ive heard complaints about the place. Thanx for the tour.

[@TheGroover72]

You don't want to eat any waterfowl you find in foul water.

[@TreadwellJay]

13:11 in the interest of fairness, they have included a taxidermy hunter that the ducks had killed

[@pappy4075]

Great job. Super find

[@lorih2924]

Never knew anything like that was in Memphis. Don’t think I’ve ever seen anything like it before. Amazing place. Thanks for checking it out for us.

[@bradleyhosken7516]

4:25 man says look at those bass 😂😂

[@kendallwendal4403]

Come to Galveston Texas! We have the Pleasure Pier, Moody Gardens Pyramids, beaches, and a lot of historical land marks!

[@julianacromey7151]

10:43 Lol... I know right?!! Mind BLOWN 💥~🤯~💥 This place is a pretty neat find 🙂👍👍 thanks for sharing with us😁

[@toystorylover5257]

Wow! You're in my neck of the woods right here! I love my home state of TN. Well, thanks for sharing! Have a great day!

[@only_son5040]

I watched Ozzy and Godsmack play here! It was great

[@mpm1125]

Memphis is my home town and went to all of those WWF shows. At least one match would always end up with two wrestlers in the Mississippi River. Jeff Buckley drowned very close to the Pyramid at the mouth of the Wolf River. RIP

[@abadonedexplorers]

That place is cool. Will definately visit next time I go through there. Thank you.

[@JDubKillinKicks]

I saw Cash Money/ Ruff Ryders concert there in 2000 it was Lit.

[@richiemyoozik]

Well that's awesome I live right next to Memphis never thought you would visit my first time visiting is seeing a old person fall into those ponds

[@Courtney-wx9bu]

That place is massive. Wow!

[@lisaendress724]

Place was very cool if not for all the dead things!

[@follkiej]

Funny vlog Mr Bagger! Thank you!

[@juanzapata492]

That pyramid looks awesome 😎

[@EricaL2024]

I love this place! The food and drinks at the top was fantastic! I got the Memphis Belle and shrimp and grits. That was some of the best food I’ve ever had. The aquarium is so relaxing.

[@melissawinstead8701]

This is so cool. I wish I would have know of this when my mom and I were in Memphis. Would have love to seen it!

[@ryankirk7642]

It's an awesome place. I just wish they did more at the top because it's just blacked out a bit up there.But I can understand that be impossible to place structures in angles like the pyramid had.

[@luckyduck3045]

This place was fascinating! The decoration was so cool

[@jessefillmore]

I live in southern Ohio and 2 years ago I worked in Longview , Texas for 3 months . I used to drive back home twice a month and would see this while going through Memphis . I will tell you this , Interstate 40 through Arkansas is the WORSE highway I've ever been on . There was a bump that literally cause the big work truck to ramp LOL . I work construction but a musician at heart and going through Nashville and Memphis was spiritual and inspiring ....then there's this big giant Illuminati Bass Pro Shop right before you cross the Mississippi River LOL

[@Mokujo]

It's so weird to say, but I LOVE the themeing of this place. If anyone reading this is near it and hasn't gone, please do! This video can't do it justice in terms of feeling the scale, going into all of the buildings, and seeing all of the little details

[@Seamonkey555]

Nope, nope, nope.

[@omegaforeverpahrump4436]

Thank you for making this video simply amazing

[@rebeccaturner1123]

Imagine going into a pyramid and all of a sudden there’s a Bass Pro Shops inside

[@jeffersonsmith5559]

I enjoyed the vlog I have not been to the Pyramid in about 5 years. Bass Pro Shop has changes a lot .

[@SSDDR32]

Great drone shot!

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

The infamous Bass Pro Shops pyramid in Memphis Tennessee, I had a feeling you would visit soon

[@ceenew2886]

This was really cool!!

[@treasurehuntfoodies]

Coolest video Carpetbagger!! I've always to see the pyramid and I had no idea Bass Pro Shop was inside!! I'm truly amazed and I'm planning my trip now!! Buy a boat!!

[@Sam-dx8vo]

12:55 Those are Punt Guns, they were used by commercial hunters back in the day. They were mounted to the front of a boat and one shot could kill about 30 ducks

[@thewallandhammers]

That building has some serious wrestling history

[@allenfrazier2874]

I really enjoyed this one

[@Dr170]

What, no time for the exact spot where Hardcore Holly pinned Al Snow wrapped in chicken wire by the Mississippi River?

[@mpm1125]

I was wondering if that was going to be referenced by anybody. I grew up in Memphis and went to all of those WWF shows. At least two wrestlers always ended up in the Mississippi River.

[@peedeesanddigger4862]

That’s cool, thanks for sharing.

[@braxtonpearsall2109]

Jokes are stellar in this one Jakob

[@westsidegemini]

You were a great tour guide. Thanks!

[@bethlehemeisenhour5807]

Had to see this, as my sister and her husband are staying here for their 41st anniversary. Thanks.

[@1990Phillip]

you need to come visit Ardenwood Historic Farm in Fremont, CA on a Sunday during the summer.

[@Merrittva]

Turkey decoys - what mannequins eat for Thanksgiving..... Baggerism of the Day!

[@alianningson3829]

Coming back to watch this after seeing your most recent Memphis video. Thanks for the history on the pyramid. I really thought it was a neat place to visit when I was there.

[@ModupeAyodele]

Lovely place, Great vlog!!

[@shelcoatzhahah]

love seeing your adventures in my hometown :)

[@WaitingforYahawashi144]

Same 😃

[@Seamonkey555]

Ditto

[@skovahracing]

Respect for the mention of WWE🤝

[@conniecrawford5231]

1/26/2020 RIP Kobe, Gianna and the other 7 victims of the helicopter crash.

[@debi1451]

Made me cry!.

[@JackVegetables18]

Awesome video

[@nicholedecker2979]

I have been there three times and never get tired of that place! One day we’ll stay there👍🏼. Love the “no clothes” area😂!

[@boogitybear2283]

By far the coolest Bass Pro Shop in the World! That place alone is worth the trip to Memphis!

[@gavinmoody8174]

Love the Memphis Pyramid! We go almost every time we go to Memphis. Tennessee has so many cool gems like this

[@bobly]

I think you'd look cool on a boat Jacob, The Carpetbagger's boat trip imagine all the places you could go to on a boat

[@Robothut]

So themed that its like another world. Very cool.

[@borisdevilboon8064]

This place is awesome

[@TerriZandecki]

Oh wow that is really awesome and amazing I love you so far behind this many times we go places that I can go at this time!!!!

[@mqtcreativeinnovationsstud2369]

Hi Carpetbagger I would be happy to help you plan and guide your trip to the Upper Peninsula of MI we have lots of strange weird and haunted attractions. -Dan

[@rampage1925]

Last time I whent to the Memphis pyramid they were charging money to go to the lookout at the top

[@VinnieVega]

Rampage 19 they still are! Or let me say the last time me and the wife went about 6 months ago they were!!

[@rampage1925]

@@VinnieVega i truly don't think you should pay since you get in the door free and then pay for the restaurant up top. But thats my opinion

[@MrPAULONEAL]

@@rampage1925 Not everyone who goes up there eats at the restaurant.

[@rampage1925]

@@MrPAULONEAL true

[@alianningson3829]

@@rampage1925 Do you have to pay if you are dining at the restaurant? Most places like this waive the fee if you are.

[@jwrightpresents95]

The Memphis Pyramid is a personal favorite of mine. I got to go 4 maybe 5 years ago and I have been trying to figure out how to go back ever since. Hopefully one of these days I'll get to. Great video! Hopefully you come to my neck of the woods sometime.

[@amyyoshikawa7698]

Hi Jacob awesome vlog at the sportsman pyramid.👍🏻😺

[@A-10-MANN333]

the pyramid was also a great concert venue with crappy acoustics....my favorite live show i ever got to see there was april 2 1995 the grateful dead

[@heatherk.9937]

Totally worth going to Memphis! Where did you stay? Oh I slept at Bass Pro Shops. lol! Awesome!

[@outlawgamer312]

That’s one amazing bass pro shop

[@wilks555]

love the song edit in the beginning!

[@organicsaturn4813]

You should really come out and see big Cypress's sister resort big cedar. It's an amazing piece of property and it's not far from the main headquarters store for bass pro in Springfield, Missouri.

[@Frankie343]

Good one Jacob 😎👍🏻

[@bridgerandrews7272]

Wow!😱 I wasn't aware of this - I've seen the Bass Pro Shop in Manteca, Ca and was a bit impressed when I saw it for the first time but this takes the cake! There's a hotel too.👍 The only comment I have is I wonder if business is good? Very interesting, Jacob - keep on!!

[@ryankirk7642]

I mean it must be pretty good. I know I went up there last February and I had to walk about 400 yards because that was the only place to park at the time. Plus my sister and brother-in-law stay going there so I figure they give Bass Pro some good business lol. Only thing that I feel will hurt them is the location to get to it feels a little bit hidden unless you're a local of the Mid-South area.

[@bridgerandrews7272]

Ryan Kirk : Indeed! I could sense the place is retty big...

[@Artetak]

I graduated high school in there in 2002 back when it was still a venue. This is wild.

[@Seamonkey555]

Which school? I'm a Ridgeway alumni.

[@Artetak]

@@Seamonkey555 Bolton!

[@Seamonkey555]

@@Artetak is that in Arlington?

[@nicochicago2028]

Que pasa Jacob! Heading home from work. Take care

[@fieldingbelk6706]

Went all the way through your channel to find a trip to Memphis. Being from here I wanted to see your reaction to things lol

[@Seamonkey555]

I came here from checking out alligators in Mississippi River + Tennessee area. Btw, they're here and no we can't shoot them.

[@alianningson3829]

Well, keep searching because he has a number of Memphis videos. I have been sitting down and enjoying them today.

[@thewallandhammers]

YES YOU MENTIONED WWF SVDM!!! I POPPED

[@orlandog.8036]

Looks at large salmon and says " look at those bass" lol I can't tell if he was joking or serious. That makes it even more hilarious! This video earned my subscribe!

[@marcdich9066]

we were there a few weeks ago at the time the elevator was out of service due to covid-19 anyway its a very cool place heck i wanted to be a hunter but there was more u didnt show including all the outdoor cook ware and grills and what have ya ,thanks for the video

[@Desert_Ratt]

Great video

[@daronmoss865]

The giant guns are called punt guns and they were loaded with so much ammo and could shoot 100 ducks at once

[@seanw8540]

At once wtf

[@daronmoss865]

Chaotic Wet yes at once

[@MissouriPenny]

Thankyou .enjoyed replay.

[@bundangbear]

Saw the Grateful Dead play there in 1995.

[@only_son5040]

I seen Widespread panic there in 2005.

[@zaned9702]

Good luck not being scared sliding down the side of the pyramid 😂

[@aiferapple1246]

The second Memphis Pyramid of course :)

[@bennelson8429]

What's the other?

[@aiferapple1246]

@@bennelson8429 In Egypt

[@TreadwellJay]

7:52 Somehow I don't think sliding down something that steep wouldn't be too fun ;)

[@danalynch8889]

If the fall don't kill you the heart attack on the way down will.

[@robertaviles8451]

Egyptian curses! I remember when it WAS a sports arena

[@D-A-1776]

Been there, it's pretty cool