(BRANSON, Missouri) – The official opening of the new Roy Rogers-Dale Evans Museum and Happy Trails Theater in Branson has been rescheduled for June 20that 9 a.m. The original targeted opening for Memorial Day Weekend has been changed due to the reassignment of construction staff.The workers have been temporarily reassigned from the museum project to assist with recovery efforts associated with last week’s devastating series of tornadoes in the Midwest and, specifically, in Southwest Missouri.
“Mother Nature has tested us on this construction project since December,” said Roy “Dusty” Rogers Jr.”The unusually large snowfall over the winter delayed the project, but Memorial Day weekend was still a viable target opening date until the manpower reassignments.At this time the tornado cleanup and recovery efforts must certainly take precedence.”
The 26,000 square-foot museum and 300-seat theater is being built on approximately four acres of land on the northeast corner of Green Mountain Drive and State Highway 376 across from Silver Dollar City’s new theme park, Celebration City (formerly Branson USA).
Roy “Dusty” Rogers Jr. announced on July 14, 2002 that The Roy Rogers – Dale Evans Museum would relocate from Victorville, California to Branson, Missouri.Dusty Rogers said the museum’s Board of Directors and his family believe Branson’s family-friendly entertainment and attractions provide an ideal environment in which to preserve and continue the Rogers’ legacy. A groundbreaking ceremony in Branson on September 3, 2002 included 3 generations of Roy Rogers-Dale Evans descendants.The landmark in Victorville, where the “King of the Cowboys” Roy Rogers and “Queen of the West” Dale Evans lived, closed earlier this spring on March 31.
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