POP/ROCK - March 20, 1990

Grand Ole Opry Souvenirs: Grand Ole Opry officials are thinking about selling country music fans pieces of a 16-year-old Opry maple floor as mementoes. “Knowing the Opry fans and the market, they’ll probably go for somewhere between $5 and $10,” said Opry spokesman Jerry Strobel. During the years the maple floor was on the stage, scores of country greats appeared on it, as well as non-country acts like Elvis Costello, B. B. King and Richard Nixon. The floor was replaced with beech planks from Denmark because the old floor had cushions beneath to accommodate dancers and was unsuitable for heavy, rolling TV cameras.