MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) – Elvis Presley dreamed of building a guest house at his Graceland property for friends visiting the rock ‘n’ roll icon in Memphis. Presley didn’t get to see his dream come true, but his fans will. The Guest House at Graceland is a 450-room hotel, opening Oct. 27 just steps from Presley’s former home. Presley died in 1977 and Graceland was eventually turned into a museum. Priscilla Presley, the singer’s former wife and caretaker of his legacy, said Elvis had planned to build a guest house at Graceland as far back as 1960. But it was never built, so when people visited, they’d stay at a Howard Johnson’s down the street. Priscilla Presley called the hotel “the most significant enhancement to Graceland” since it opened to tourists in 1982.
