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Let's party: Nashville celebrates flood recovery with special New Year's Eve festivities. It's time to party in Nashville, where the last major entertainment venue closed because of deadly flooding last May will reopen.

Opryland Hotel in Tenn. reopens after flood caused 6-month shutdown; newlyweds among guests. Decked out in more than 2 million Christmas lights, the sprawling Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center reopened Monday after historic Nashville flooding shuttered the cornerstone of the city's tourism business for six months.

Opryland Hotel in Tenn. reopens after flood caused 6-month shutdown; newlyweds among guests. Decked out in more than 2 million Christmas lights, the sprawling Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center reopened Monday after historic Nashville flooding shuttered the cornerstone of the city's tourism business for six months.

Tennessee starts to dry out after deluge washes out commuter rail line, traps drivers. Tennessee started drying out Thursday after days of drenching rain caused flooding, stranded homeowners and drivers, washed out roads and forced a freight train off its tracks.

Gaylord Entertainment 2nd-qtr room revenue rises despite shutdown of flooded Nashville hotel. Gaylord Entertainment Co. on Monday said its second-quarter revenue per available room rose, despite the shutdown of one of its four hotels because of flooding.

Opryland CEO says Vegas is beneficiary of Nashville floods with hotel closed for repairs. Gaylord Entertainment CEO Colin Reed says Las Vegas has been a major beneficiary of the convention businesses the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center had to cancel because of last month's floods.

In the meetings and conventions business, one cityÕs tragedy can be anotherÕs opportunity.

NASHVILLE (Billboard) - The devastating flood that ravaged Middle Tennessee during the first weekend in May pushed water from the swollen Cumberland River all the way up to the stage of the Grand Ole Opry.

Grand Ole Opry House stage flooded by 2 feet of water; death toll, damage estimates rise. The iconic Grand Ole Opry House stage sat under 2 feet of water at the peak of deadly floods that ravaged Tennessee last weekend, but there was finally a bit of good news for residents facing a relentless grind of death and destruction.

Owners say Grand Ole Opry stage flooded by 2 feet of water; resort won't book for 6 months. A group of 10 to 15 workers moved precious memorabilia safely away from the Grand Ole Opry House even as flood waters rose, officials said Friday.

Official: Memorabilia was moved before Grand Ole Opry house flooded; stage must be replaced. Officials say precious memorabilia was moved from the iconic Grand Ole Opry House before flood waters swept through.

NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) - Tennessee sustained more than $1 billion in flood damage just in the private sector, and many homeowners likely were not insured against flooding, the governor said on Thursday.

Raging torrents had shot furniture through walls and pushed houses into the street near Nashville's historically black Fisk and Tennessee State universities. Only a few tents tops poked above the floodwaters on Wednesday where dozens of homeless once lived along the still-swollen banks of the Cumberland River.

Rescuers patrol flooded Nashville by Jet Ski as river crests; storm's death toll rises to 28. Muddy waters poured over the banks of Nashville's swollen Cumberland River on Monday, spilling into Music City's historic downtown streets while rescuers using boats and Jet Skis plucked stranded residents away from their flooded homes as the death toll from the weekend storms climbed to 28 people in three states.

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