Beale Street Landing is still under construction, but it has already begun hosting riverboats.  Originally, only one boat announced stops in Memphis — Memphis-based American Queen.  At the beginning of summer, however, more announcements came.  If all of these projects come true (and that’s a big if, given skepticism over funding for taxis and competition for the Empress of the North, then the Memphis riverfront fortunes will  improve dramatically, and I would suspect travel business will similarly explode) http://www.bizjournals.com/memphis/blog/memphis-in-motion/2012/06/three-more-cruise-boats-headed-to.html?page=all (clicking on link will open a new window): “The American Queen will have some company at Beale Street Landing this year. … Continue reading Recent developments with Beale Street Landing