Look Inside Memphis' Weird New Pyramid Bass Pro Shop

The new Bass Pro Shops stands near the Mississippi River in Memphis, Tenn. The megastore, which opens April 29, is in the Memphis landmark known as the Pyramid. Bass Pro and the city agreed on a 55-year-lease in 2010, and construction to convert the 535,000-square foot building from arena to megastore began four years ago.

An employee tries out the bowling alley with an outdoor theme in the new Bass Pro Shops store in Memphis, Tenn. The store, which opens April 29, is in the Memphis landmark known as the Pyramid.

Boats float on a man-made cypress swamp inside the new Bass Pro Shops in Memphis, Tenn. The 32-story, pyramid-shaped structure has sat largely unused for 11 years before Bass Pro Shops took it over.

A room in the 105-room hotel designed like a hunting lodge is seen in the Bass Pro Shops store in Memphis, Tenn. The 32-story, pyramid-shaped structure was last used for basketball games and concerts in 2004 before Bass Pro Shops took it over.

The retail area of the new Bass Pro Shops at the Pyramid in Memphis, Tenn.

Stuffed wild pigs are part of a display in the new Bass Pro Shops at the Pyramid, in Memphis, Tenn. Visitors can shop, but also bowl, shoot at the archery range, walk out on an observation deck, view exhibits and wildlife, and stay overnight in the hotel.

Raulin Forst looks over an aquarium in the new Bass Pro Shop store in Memphis, Tenn. Forst oversees the live exhibits in the store, which include 1,800 fish.

In this April 27, 2015 photo, construction workers ready the man-made cypress swamp at Bass Pro Shops in Memphis, Tenn. The 32-story, pyramid-shaped structure was last used for basketball games and concerts in 2004 before Bass Pro Shops took it over.

Bass Pro Shops at the Pyramid in Memphis, Tenn., includes dining options and a swamplike environment.

A retail area for women's clothing inside Bass Pro Shops at the Pyramid.

A bear is part of a display in the new Bass Pro Shops at the Pyramid, in Memphis, Tenn.

Bass Pro Shops at the Pyramid has dining options and other attractions.

Design detail inside Bass Pro Shops at the Pyramid.

The Ducks Unlimited National Waterfowling Heritage Center at Bass Pro Shops at the Pyramid.

Wilderness and wildlife inspired settings abound at Bass Pro Shops at the Pyramid.

Big Cypress Lodge is the first hotel within a Bass Pro Shops store.

Big Cypress Lodge overlooks retail areas in the new Bass Pro Shops at the Pyramid.

A double guest room at Big Cypress Lodge inside the new Bass Pro Shops at the Pyramid.

A king guest room at Big Cypress Lodge inside the new Bass Pro Shops at the Pyramid.