The Rolling Stones and the Ozarks don't seem like the most natural pairing. But nature itself, and of all things fishing, have brought them together.
This rendering released by ASM Global shows Thunder Ridge Nature Arena in Ridgedale, Mo., built by Bass Pro Shops founder and CEO Johnny Morris . The Rolling Stones announced Thursday, May 23, 2024, that they would close out their North American Hackney Diamonds tour at the 18,000-person capacity arena.
The Missouri native hopes that Thunder Ridge, which opens with a Morgan Wallen concert Saturday — will be a name heard alongside Red Rocks Park and Amphitheatre in Colorado and The Gorge Amphitheatre in Washington state when people talk about the nation's most beautiful music venues. Morris entered the first national bass-fishing tournament — full of future fishing legends — on the reservoir in 1970, and the competitors' hard-to-get lures convinced him to start selling tackle to fishermen on the way there out of his father's liquor store in the early years of what would become Bass Pro Shops.
We were on this pristine little stream, he hooks on this big fish, he said, 'John this is like the happiest day of my life. If you ever need a favor, you let me know," Morris remembered with a laugh.
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