Elvis club planned here

The first of the chain
will open in Memphis

Associated Press

The managers of Elvis Presley's estate would like to make a little green in "Blue Hawaii."

Priscilla Presley, ex-wife of the King, says Honolulu is one of nine spots where Elvis Presley Enterprises Inc. wants an Elvis-themed nightclub.

"This is the kind of place where he would have entertained his friends between road tours and filming movies," she said at a news conference Wednesday in Memphis, Tenn., where the first club will open on July 25.

Jack Soden, CEO of Elvis Presley Enterprises, said clubs are planned for London; Las Vegas; Orlando, Fla.; New York; Berlin; Hong Kong and Tokyo. The first club, called Elvis Presley's Memphis, is under construction in a building that once housed Lansky Brothers, a men's store where Elvis first began developing his signature style of dress in the late 1950s.

No opening date has been set for the other clubs.