Jesse Betts, originally from Tupelo, Miss., first purchased Main Street Opry building in 1990 and opened it as a concert venue for family-friendly variety shows that included both country and gospel music and skits.
Lukas Flippo
Lukas Flippo is a multimedia intern for the Mississippi Free Press for the summer of 2022 and an undergraduate student at Yale University from rural Mississippi. Previously, he was a Photo Editor for the Yale Daily News, Pulliam Fellow at the Indianapolis Star and Visuals Intern at the Sun Herald.
