According to The Associated Press reported on Rolling stone on ownership disputes Lisa Marie and Hound Dog II, remains fixture permanence at Graceland. Aircraft designed for Elvis Presley's now become a bone of contention regulations before being transferred by private jet Presley season OKC Partnership.
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A Conair 880 Rock legend transportation heritage, Lisa Marie who has exterior features a red-white-and-blue, gold-plated bathroom fixtures, a stereo system, a conference room and a bed. According to the auction Julian list of January, Presley buy jets from Delta Air Lines $ 250,000 in April 1975; improvements bring the total to more than $ 600,000 and he was first on board at the November of that year. Presley bought the Hound Dog II, Lockheed Jet Star, in 1975 for around $ 900,000 while he waited for renovations to Lisa Marie.
After changing hands after Presley's death in 1977, the plane ended up in the care OKC Partnership, which agreed in the mid-eighties to display the aircraft at Graceland in exchange for a cut of ticket sales. But the situation became complicated in April 2014, when Elvis Presley Enterprises sent a letter to OKC asks companies to "make arrangements for the removal of the aircraft and recovery sites on or shortly after 26 April 2015."
This month, OKC received approval from the Shelby County land use board and the Memphis City Council to move the plane to a nearby lot, where they will be displayed outdoors as museum tours. But the latest comments Graceland this seems to cancel the plan. "Graceland pleased that agreement has been reached to Elvis' two planes, Lisa Marie and Hound Dog II, to remain in Elvis Presley's Graceland in Memphis permanent," said real in a statement.
OKC Partnership refused immediate comment from the AP. But Lisa Marie Presley appeared to confirm the news on his Twitter account: "Exciting news: I want 2 shadows the first to tell the aircraft will remain at Graceland 4 forever!" he wrote. "We have them and have fun plans 4 they also"
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