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Council decision means Prince’s former home can properly open as a museum
By Chris Cooke | Published on Tuesday 25 October 2016
The Chanhassen City Council in Minneapolis last night voted unanimously to change parking rules around the former home of Prince, allowing the property to properly open as a museum in honour of the late musician.
As previously reported, plans to open Paisley Park to the public were put on hold earlier this month when the council said it needed more time to consider proposals to ‘rezone’ the area around the property, adding that it needed to review the probable effects of the museum on traffic, parking, pedestrian safety and the safety of the public at large.
The Bremner Trust, which is handling Prince’s estate, was allowed to run a small number of trips around the property for those who had already bought tickets, but no new bookings for visits were being taken. Yesterday’s decision means the Paisley Park museum can now properly open for business.
To that end, tickets are now on sale to tour dates from this weekend through to the end of December. Graceland Holdings, which runs Elvis Presley’s Graceland home in Memphis, is managing the museum for the Prince estate.
