Opry Mills readies reopening in 2012

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

photo The General Jackson Showboat floats in the Cumberland River as the Opry Mills shopping complex stands in floodwaters from the Cumberland in Nashville, Tenn., on Monday, May 3, 2010. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

Nashville's flooded Opry Mills mall will reopen several anchor stores in time for the 2011 holiday season. The mall's official reopening date is March 29, 2012, but the 20-screen Regal Cinemas movie theater and three other tenants will reopen earlier, according to a news release from The Mills company. The mall was heavily damaged in May 2010 when the nearby Cumberland River overflowed its banks after record rainfall hit Nashville.