{"id":137342,"date":"2015-04-28T00:10:20","date_gmt":"2015-04-28T00:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/151.106.38.4\/2015\/04\/28\/elviss-planes-to-remain-at-graceland\/"},"modified":"2015-04-28T00:10:20","modified_gmt":"2015-04-28T00:10:20","slug":"elviss-planes-to-remain-at-graceland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/2015\/04\/28\/elviss-planes-to-remain-at-graceland\/","title":{"rendered":"Elvis\u2019s planes to remain at Graceland"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It looks like Elvis Presley\u2019s airplanes are staying at Graceland after all.<\/div>\n
Graceland released a statement Sunday saying the Lisa Marie and the Hound Dog II, two custom-designed airplanes once owned by Presley, will remain permanently at the Memphis tourist attraction centered on the life and career of the late singer.<\/div>\n
The announcement ends confusion about the future of the planes, once used by the King for travel to performances after he bought them in the 1970s.<\/div>\n
The larger plane, a Convair 880 named after Presley\u2019s daughter Lisa Marie, is like a customized flying limousine, complete with a large bed, a stereo system, conference room and gold-plated bathroom fixtures. It was renovated after Presley bought it from Delta Air Lines. Presley took his first flight on it in November 1975.<\/div>\n
When Presley died on August 16, 1977, Presley\u2019s pilot flew the Lisa Marie to California to pick up Presley\u2019s ex-wife, Priscilla Presley, to bring her back to Memphis.<\/div>\n
The smaller jet, a JetStar named the Hound Dog II, was also used by Presley.<\/div>\n
The planes were sold after Presley\u2019s death, and they were eventually purchased by a company called OKC Partnership.<\/div>\n
OKC Partnership and Graceland agreed to park the planes at Graceland in the mid-1980s, and tours of their opulent interiors became popular with visitors. Their agreement called for OKC Partnership to receive a cut of ticket sales in return for keeping the planes at Graceland.<\/div>\n
But the fate of the planes became cloudy last year.<\/div>\n
In an April 7, 2014, letter to OKC Partnership, Elvis Presley Enterprises said it was exercising its option to end the agreement and asked OKC \u201cto make arrangements for the removal of the airplanes and the restoration of the site on or shortly after April 26, 2015.\u201d<\/div>\n
Fans responded with critical postings on Priscilla Presley\u2019s Facebook page. She answered fans by asking them to \u201cplease calm down.\u201d<\/div>\n
Earlier this month, Shelby County\u2019s land use board approved a proposal by OKC Partnership to move the planes to a lot not far from Graceland. The plan called for the planes to be installed as an outdoor display and museum for tourists to visit. The plan was approved Tuesday by the Memphis City Council.<\/div>\n
It seemed like the planes were destined to move after the council vote. But Graceland\u2019s statement on Sunday appeared to end such plans.<\/div>\n
\u201cGraceland is pleased that an agreement has been reached for Elvis\u2019 two airplanes, the Lisa Marie and Hound Dog II to remain at Elvis Presley\u2019s Graceland in Memphis permanently,\u201d the statement said.<\/div>\n
Presley\u2019s daughter, Lisa Marie Presley, said on Twitter that Graceland now owns the planes and they will remain at Graceland \u201c4 ever.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cWe own them and have fun plans 4 them as well,\u201d she said on Twitter. She did not elaborate further. OKC Partnership declined immediate comment Sunday.<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It looks like Elvis Presley\u2019s airplanes are staying at Graceland after all. Graceland released a statement Sunday saying the Lisa Marie and the Hound Dog II, two custom-designed airplanes once owned by Presley, will remain permanently at the Memphis tourist attraction centered on the life and career of the late singer. The announcement ends confusion […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[688],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-137342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-infotainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137342"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137342\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}