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    • Nov 11, 1997
    The NASCAR Cafe theme restaurant opens in downtown Nashville. In addition to numerous race drivers, the event includes appearances by Brooks & Dunn, Tracy Lawrence and Mark Collie
    Nov 22, 1997
    The urinal from Tootsie's Orchid Lounge is purchased at auction for $300. The porcelain piece was--ahem!--used by the likes of Willie Nelson, Marty Robbins, Faron Young and Mel Tillis
    Dec 31, 1997
    Nashville's Opryland theme park, named for the Grand Ole Opry, closes, to make way for the 2000 opening of the Opry Mills shopping mall
    May 31, 1998
    Atlanta's Turner Field hosts its first concert event, the George Strait Country Music Festival. Joining Strait: Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, John Michael Montgomery, Lee Ann Womack, Asleep At The Wheel and Lila McCann
    Jun 5, 1998
    The Thoreau Institute, a pet project of The Eagles' Don Henley, officially opens in Lincoln, Massachusetts, at Walden Woods. His fellow band members are also in attendance, along with Jimmy Buffett and president Bill Clinton
    Jun 12, 1998
    The Wall Street Journal reports Don Henley has sold an eight-acre plot in Los Angeles for $3.7 million. He demolished the home he once owned on the property after it was severely damaged in a 1994 earthquake
    Aug 17, 1998
    Planet Hollywood opens a new restaurant in St. Louis, Missouri. Among the celebrities on hand is Deana Carter, who joins actors Bruce Willis and John Goodman on a cover of the Tommy James & The Shondells pop hit "Hanky Panky"
    Oct 13, 1998
    "Lay Down Sally" singer Eric Clapton opens the Crossroads Center in Antigua. The rehabilitation facility charges $9,000 for a 29-day program
    Feb 8, 1999
    The Hank Williams Museum is established in Montgomery, Alabama
    Mar 17, 1999
    The Tennessean reports Loretta Lynn has sold a beachfront home on three acres in Hawaii for $2.65 million



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