Fans can find a new place to dwell in the heart of Elvis Presley country when the Heartbreak Hotel officially opens in Memphis next spring.
Elvis Presley Enterprises bought a working hotel near Graceland and will give it a new theme based on his first million-selling album.Now called the Wilson World Hotel, its 134 rooms are "packed to the rafters every Elvis week in Tennessee. Our challenge will be to fill it on other weeks," said Jack Soden, chief executive of the company that manages the Presley estate.
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