Kenny Rogers: Check Out His Abandoned Former Mansion
An “urban explorer” from Oklahoma who visits cool forgotten places recently posted a video about a $8.5 million mansion that used to be owned by Kenny Rogers. The mansion has…
PHOENIX, AZ – APRIL 12: Singer Kenny Rogers performs onstage during Muhammad Ali’s Celebrity Fight Night XX held at the JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort & Spa on April 12, 2014 in Phoenix, Arizona.
(Photo by Michael Buckner/Getty Images for Celebrity Fight Night)An "urban explorer" from Oklahoma who visits cool forgotten places recently posted a video about a $8.5 million mansion that used to be owned by Kenny Rogers.
The mansion has become an eyesore to the neighbors; the property has weeds that have grown to be over 7 feet tall. The landscape has been neglected and the in-ground pool is full of algae.
It was first built in 1990 with over 15,000 square feet featuring 6 bedrooms, 7 bathrooms, a 4 car garage and full basement with a bar, state of the art gym and more. Rogers lived in the mansion until 2006. That's when he sold it for $8.5 million dollars to a very wealthy family from Nigeria.
Around 2018 the feds were after the Nigerian family that bought it for owing $6.5 million in back taxes. Eventually the mansion was being rented out for events like weddings, and even music videos but the town ultimately became fed up with the mansion being used for business and hosting loud parties so they shut the operation down.
Since then the estate has sat vacant and abandoned. Watch the video about the mansion below.
GALLERY: Kenny Rogers: Looking Back At A Music Icon – Photos!
Kenny Rogers passed away of natural causes at the age of 81. Let's take a look at some moments from his amazing career which has spanned over five decades.
Rogers was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2013.
Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty ImagesAmerican singer, songwriter, actor, record producer, and entrepreneur Kenny Rogers with his wife Margo Anderson at Heathrow Airport, London, UK, 24th March 1970.
Malcolm Clarke/Keystone/Getty ImagesPortrait of singer Kenny Rogers and his wife, actress Marianne Gordon, prior to his concert tour around the country after arriving in Britain, November 7th 1977.
Patrick Riviere/Getty Images1987 : DOLLY PARTON AND KENNY ROGERS AT A PRESS CONFERENCE.
Rick Diamond/Getty ImagesActress Connie Britton, singer-songwriter Kenny Rogers, and Kimberly Schlapman of Little Big Town attend the 2015 "CMT Artists of the Year" at Schermerhorn Symphony Center on December 2, 2015 in Nashville, Tennessee.
Rick Diamond/Getty ImagesKenny Rogers and Kid Rock backstage on the set of CMT's recreation of "Thelma & Louise" with Taylor Swift and Shania Twain for CMT Music Awards airing on June 8, 2011 8pm EST on CMT Country Music TV.
Rick Diamond/Getty ImagesZac Brown is joined on stage by Kenny Rogers to perform "The Gambler" during the 2013 CMA Music Festival on June 6, 2013 in Nashville, Tennessee.
Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers
Rick Diamond/Getty ImagesDolly Parton and Honoree Kenny Rogers Backstage at the Kenny Rogers: The First 50 Years show at the MGM Grand at Foxwoods on April 10, 2010 in Ledyard Center, Connecticut.
Michael Buckner/Getty ImagesReba McEntire (L) and Kenny Rogers perform onstage during Muhammad Ali's Celebrity Fight Night XX held at the JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort & Spa on April 12, 2014 in Phoenix, Arizona.
Rick Diamond/Getty ImagesLionel Richie, Dolly Parton and Honoree Kenny Rogers Perform at Kenny Rogers: The First 50 Years show at the MGM Grand at Foxwoods on April 10, 2010 in Ledyard Center, Connecticut.
Scott Gries/Getty ImagesKenny Rogers presents singer Keith Urban with the Best Video of the Year Award onstage at the 2006 CMT Music Awards at the Curb Event Center at Belmont University April 10, 2006 in Nashville, Tennessee.
Rick Diamond/Getty ImagesBlake Shelton, Recipient of Cliffie Stone Pioneer Award, Kenny Rogers with Singer/Songwriter Kellie Pickler, ACM Executive Director Bob Romeo, Singers and Songwriters Jamey Johnson and Miranda Lambert backstage during the second annual ACM Honors at Schermerhorn Symphony Center on September 22, 2009 in Nashville, Tennessee.
