Fans to Mark Last Elvis Show

INDIANAPOLIS (Elvis Fans) - The last building that Elvis left may be gone, but some fans are doing their part to make sure it's not forgotten.
When Elvis Presley took the stage at Market Square Arena during the summer of 1977, no one knew it would be his last show.

On June 26, the 25th anniversary of that concert, a group of Presley fans will dedicate a historical marker at the site where the arena stood until it was demolished last year. The marker will bear an inscription in bronze reading "Ladies and Gentlemen, Elvis has left the building" atop a granite column.
"We've designed it in such a way that when something else is developed there, hopefully we'll be able to still use it in a cornerstone," said Kay Lipps, chairman of the Taking Care of Presley Memorial Committee.

The marker will be erected on a street corner overlooking the gravel parking lot where the arena once stood. A time capsule encased within it will hold Presley memorabilia.

Presley died Aug. 16, 1977, from heart disease worsened by prescription drug abuse.
"The edifices, the places that we played in, were good places," said Al Dvorin, Presley's show announcer from 1955 until his death. "If the cities have seen fit to put up bigger places, so be it. But our memories lie in places where we've played,"

Dvorin, whose trademark announcement, "Elvis has left the building, thank you and good night," closed each of Presley's shows, will be on hand for the marker's dedication.