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Sign for The Pinnacle off of Interstate 81. The $200,000,000 development was partially funded by the City of Bristol, which provided $25,000,000 for the Public Infrastructure portion of the project. Johnson estimates that the first phase of the complex will create 2000 jobs, and add $200 million in annual sales to the local economy. [6]
The First National Bank of Bristol (1905), US Post Office-Shelby Street Station (1900), and Paramount Theatre and Office Building (1929-1930) are separately listed. [3] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003, and was slightly increased in size in 2017. [1]
Bristol Riverside Theater will open its 2024-2025 season at another location this fall, while the venue undergoes major renovations. The schedule:
Before 1852, the land where Bristol is located was owned by Reverend James King. His son-in-law, Joseph R. Anderson of Blountville, Tennessee, bought 100 acres (40 ha) of the plantation and named it Bristol. [9] The G.W. Blackley House, one of the oldest houses in Bristol, was constructed in 1869.
Malco Theatres, Inc. is a family owned and operated movie theater chain that has been in business for over one hundred years. [1] It has been led by four generations of the Lightman family. Malco Theatres features 34 theatre locations with over 345 screens in six states (Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri and Tennessee).
While the fate of the Bruin remains unclear, Hollywood director Jason Reitman led a group that bought the nearby Village, which launched as part of the Fox theater chain during the Great Depression.
One of its projects, The Pinnacle in Bristol, Tennessee, was among the largest commercial projects in the country. [ 4 ] In 2013, Johnson gifted $1 million toward the construction of the Virginia Tech Indoor Practice Facility, and the university named the adjacent Steve Johnson Practice Fields in his honor.
The Tri-Cities is the region comprising the cities of Kingsport, Johnson City, and Bristol and the surrounding smaller towns and communities in Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia. All three cities are located in Northeast Tennessee, while Bristol has a twin city of the same name in Virginia.