History of Branson

atres, Hamner Barber Theater, God and Country Theatres, Dutton Family Theatre, Grand Country Music Hall, Shepherd of the Hills Outdoor Drama, Dolly Parton's Dixie Stampede, The Mansion, Oak Ridge Boys Theatre, Pierce Arrow Theatre, Showboat Branson Belle, Yakov Smirnoff Theatre, Clay Cooper Theatre, Presleys' Country Jubilee Theatre, Black Oak Amphitheatre, Caravelle Theatre, White House Theatre, Branson Variety Theatre, Branson IMAX Little Opry Theatre, Circle B at Branson Central, and the Americana Theatre.

Scenes from the family motion picture Gordy were shot here in 1995.

In the motion picture, She's Out of My League the family is getting ready to go on vacation to Branson, and they invite the new couple, provided they wear bright yellow sweatshirts emblazoned with "Branson Bound."

The closest commercial airport is the newly developed Branson Airport which opened in May 2009, constructed at an originally projected cost of $155 million on land formerly owned by Tennessee Ernie Ford. This airport is privately owned, and it is thought to be the largest privately owned commercial airport in the United States. Its construction involved flattening the tops of a series of Ozark Mountains and is thought to be the largest earth moving project in the history of the state. Previously, the closest commercial airport was Springfield-Branson National Airport 50 miles (80 km) northwest of Branson, owned by the City of Springfield.

2012 Tornado

Just before 1 a.m. Wednesday February 29, 2012, the city of Branson sustained damage from an EF-2 tornado in the 2012 Leap Day tornado outbreak. At least 37