Belle Island To Sale Third Time
Belle Island, Pigeon Forge Tennessee, is a multi-use attraction facility housed on the Little Pigeon River downtown Pigeon Forge. This is the 3rd attempt to keep construction going and complete the 17 acre facility. Financial troubles and the downed economy have plagued Belle Island from the start, however with new financial backing, the drive is to have Belle Island in full operation by the end of December 2010.
Started back in 2006, Belle Island is about 80% complete. Despite the two previous stalls in construction and financial woes, Belle Island is still slated to have two key anchor attractions. The first is a showboat style structure housing Debbie Reynolds’ Hollywood Motion Picture Museum. Second anchor, a Darrell Waltrip NASCAR “racing experience.” In addition to these two, there will be several restaurants, unique gift shops, and some lodging.
Pigeon Forge was rumored to have committed the city to building a bridge that would conjoin Belle Island to their 40 acre parking lot. Belle Island has no parking but Pigeon Forge signed contracts with a few car groups earlier in the year to use the parking lot. Wonder what impact this will have on construction and future parking?
