hotelHotel Impossible · Season 1, Episode 9 · Aired June 11, 2012
Fiddler's Inn
Nashville, Tennessee
This one survived. It remains in business.
What happened after
Budget motel near Grand Ole Opry; official site live and current (2025 content updates).
What happened on the show
A budget motel in the shadow of the Grand Ole Opry, Fiddler's Inn sat on Music Valley Drive in exactly the spot a Nashville tourist property wants to be and, in Season 1 fashion, was not fully capitalizing on it. The show framed it as an affordable lodging with a great location and an operation that needed sharpening to compete for the country-music crowd. Melchiorri's read on a value property like this was that its whole game is delivering a clean, reliable, honest stay at its price point, so he worked the rooms, the guest experience, and the way the motel sold its Opryland proximity. He pushed ownership to treat the location as a genuine draw rather than a crutch and to hold the standards that keep a budget motel's reviews and repeat business intact through a busy tourist season.
After the cameras left
Fiddler's Inn is thriving on its Opryland pitch. As of our 2026 verification the budget motel at 2410 Music Valley Drive is open, with a live and recently updated official site, and now markets itself as Fiddler's Inn Opryland, leaning fully into the Grand Ole Opry proximity Melchiorri told them to sell. More than a decade on, the property is still doing exactly the job the show pointed it toward. Confirmed operating as of 2026.
Sources
Confidence: high. Last checked 2026-07-19.
What is there now
Street imagery via Google Maps. Location approximate.