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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">As
filed with Securities and Exchange Commission on May&nbsp;9, 2011</DIV>


<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt">Registration No.&nbsp;333- &#95;&#95;&#95;&#95;&#95;&#95;&#95;&#95;&#95;&#95;
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>GAYLORD ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>73-0664379</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(State or other jurisdiction
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">of incorporation or organization)</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>One Gaylord Drive<BR>
Nashville, Tennessee 37214</B><BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)</DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>GAYLORD ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY<BR>
AMENDED AND RESTATED 2006 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN</B><BR>
(Full title of the plan)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Carter R. Todd, Esq.<BR>
Executive Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel<BR>
Gaylord Entertainment Company<BR>
One Gaylord Drive<BR>
Nashville, Tennessee 37214<BR>
(615)&nbsp;316-6000</B><BR>
(Name, Address, and Telephone Number of Registrant&#146;s agent for service)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Copy to:</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>F. Mitchell Walker, Jr., Esq.<BR>
Bass, Berry &#038; Sims PLC<BR>
150 Third Avenue South, Suite&nbsp;2800<BR>
Nashville, Tennessee 37201</B></DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B></DIV>

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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>maximum</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Amount to be</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>price per</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>aggregate offering</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>registered (1)</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>share (2)</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>price (2)</B></TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, par
value $0.01 per
share</DIV></TD>
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    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">3,000,000 shares</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">32.49</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">97,470,000</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">11,316.27</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;),
this registration statement includes an indeterminate number of additional shares which may be
offered and issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar
transactions. In addition, this registration statement covers related rights to purchase the
Registrant&#146;s Series&nbsp;A Junior Participating Preferred Stock (the &#147;Stock Rights&#148;) registered on
a Form 8-A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August&nbsp;13, 2008, as amended.
No additional consideration will be received for the Stock Rights, which will initially trade
together with the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock.</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457(h)(1) under the Securities Act, the offering price is estimated solely
for the purpose of calculating the registration fee on the basis of the average of the high
and low prices of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange on May&nbsp;5, 2011.</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Registration Statement is filed pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8 for the
purpose of registering additional shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the &#147;Common
Stock&#148;), of Gaylord Entertainment Company, a Delaware corporation (the &#147;Registrant&#148;), issuable
pursuant to the Gaylord Entertainment Company Amended and Restated 2006 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the
&#147;Plan&#148;). The Registrant&#146;s previously filed Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No.
333-136494), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) on August&nbsp;10,
2006, is hereby incorporated herein by reference.
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    <TD>Opinion of Bass, Berry &#038; Sims PLC</TD>
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    <TD>Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm</TD>
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    <TD>Consent of Bass, Berry &#038; Sims PLC (included in the Opinion of Bass, Berry &#038;
Sims PLC filed herewith as Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">24.1</TD>
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    <TD>Power of Attorney (included on signature page of this Registration Statement)</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">99.1*</TD>
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    <TD>Gaylord Entertainment Company Amended and Restated 2006 Omnibus Incentive Plan</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Previously filed as Annex A to the Registrant&#146;s Proxy Statement for
its Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on May&nbsp;5, 2011, and
incorporated herein by reference.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has
duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Nashville, State of Tennessee, on
this 9th day of May, 2011.
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    <TD colspan="3" align="left">GAYLORD ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Carter R. Todd
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Carter R. Todd&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Executive Vice President, General Counsel
and Secretary&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><U>POWER OF ATTORNEY</U>
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, </B>each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes
and appoints Colin V. Reed, David C. Kloeppel and Carter R. Todd, and each of them, his or her true
and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for
him or her and in his or her name, place, and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the
same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities
and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full
power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary, as
fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or his or her substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated below.
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Colin V. Reed
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Colin V. Reed
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman of the Board of Directors <br>
and Chief Executive Officer<br>
(Principal Executive Officer)
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;9, 2011</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Glenn J. Angiolillo
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Glenn J. Angiolillo
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;9, 2011</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Michael J. Bender
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Michael J. Bender
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;9, 2011</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ E.K. Gaylord, II
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
E.K. Gaylord, II
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;9, 2011</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ D. Ralph Horn
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
D. Ralph Horn
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;9, 2011</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ David W. Johnson
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
David W. Johnson
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Terrell T. Philen, Jr.
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Terrell T. Philen, Jr.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;9, 2011</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Robert S. Prather, Jr.
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Robert S. Prather, Jr.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;9, 2011</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Michael D. Rose
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Michael D. Rose
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;9, 2011</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Michael I. Roth
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Michael I. Roth
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;9, 2011</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Mark Fioravanti
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Mark Fioravanti
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Executive Vice President <br>
and Chief Financial Officer<br>
(Principal Financial Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;9, 2011</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Rod Connor
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Rod Connor
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Senior Vice President and <br>
Chief Administrative Officer<br>
(Principal Accounting Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;9, 2011</TD>
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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Opinion of Bass, Berry &#038; Sims PLC</TD>
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    <TD>Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm</TD>
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    <TD>Consent of Bass, Berry &#038; Sims PLC (included in the Opinion of Bass, Berry &#038;
Sims PLC filed herewith as Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</TD>
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    <TD>Previously filed as Annex A to the Registrant&#146;s Proxy Statement for
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As
filed with Securities and Exchange Commission on May 9, 2011
Registration No. 333- __________
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
GAYLORD ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
73-0664379
(State or other jurisdiction
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
of incorporation or organization)
One Gaylord Drive
Nashville, Tennessee 37214
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
GAYLORD ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY
AMENDED AND RESTATED 2006 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
Carter R. Todd, Esq.
Executive Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel
Gaylord Entertainment Company
One Gaylord Drive
Nashville, Tennessee 37214
(615) 316-6000
(Name, Address, and Telephone Number of Registrant's agent for service)
Copy to:
F. Mitchell Walker, Jr., Esq.
Bass, Berry & Sims PLC
150 Third Avenue South, Suite 2800
Nashville, Tennessee 37201
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed maximum
Proposed
offering
maximum
Title of securities
Amount to be
price per
aggregate offering
Amount of
to be registered
registered (1)
share (2)
price (2)
registration fee
Common Stock, par
value $0.01 per
share
3,000,000 shares
$
32.49
$
97,470,000
$
11,316.27
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"),
this registration statement includes an indeterminate number of additional shares which may be
offered and issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar
transactions. In addition, this registration statement covers related rights to purchase the
Registrant's Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock (the "Stock Rights") registered on
a Form 8-A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 13, 2008, as amended.
No additional consideration will be received for the Stock Rights, which will initially trade
together with the Registrant's Common Stock.
(2)
Pursuant to Rule 457(h)(1) under the Securities Act, the offering price is estimated solely
for the purpose of calculating the registration fee on the basis of the average of the high
and low prices of the Registrant's Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange on May 5, 2011.
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Item 8. Exhibits
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
EX-5.1
EX-23.1
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Registration Statement is filed pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8 for the
purpose of registering additional shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Common
Stock"), of Gaylord Entertainment Company, a Delaware corporation (the "Registrant"), issuable
pursuant to the Gaylord Entertainment Company Amended and Restated 2006 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the
"Plan"). The Registrant's previously filed Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No.
333-136494), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on August 10,
2006, is hereby incorporated herein by reference.
Item 8. Exhibits.
5.1
Opinion of Bass, Berry & Sims PLC
23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
23.2
Consent of Bass, Berry & Sims PLC (included in the Opinion of Bass, Berry &
Sims PLC filed herewith as Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature page of this Registration Statement)
99.1*
Gaylord Entertainment Company Amended and Restated 2006 Omnibus Incentive Plan
*
Previously filed as Annex A to the Registrant's Proxy Statement for
its Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on May 5, 2011, and
incorporated herein by reference.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has
duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Nashville, State of Tennessee, on
this 9th day of May, 2011.
GAYLORD ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY
By:
/s/ Carter R. Todd
Carter R. Todd
Executive Vice President, General Counsel
and Secretary
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS,
each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes
and appoints Colin V. Reed, David C. Kloeppel and Carter R. Todd, and each of them, his or her true
and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for
him or her and in his or her name, place, and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the
same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities
and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full
power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary, as
fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or his or her substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated below.
Signatures
Title
Date
/s/ Colin V. Reed
Colin V. Reed
Chairman of the Board of Directors
and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
May 9, 2011
/s/ Glenn J. Angiolillo
Glenn J. Angiolillo
Director
May 9, 2011
/s/ Michael J. Bender
Michael J. Bender
Director
May 9, 2011
/s/ E.K. Gaylord, II
E.K. Gaylord, II
Director
May 9, 2011
/s/ D. Ralph Horn
D. Ralph Horn
Director
May 9, 2011
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Signatures
Title
Date
/s/ David W. Johnson
David W. Johnson
Director
May 9, 2011
/s/ Terrell T. Philen, Jr.
Terrell T. Philen, Jr.
Director
May 9, 2011
/s/ Robert S. Prather, Jr.
Robert S. Prather, Jr.
Director
May 9, 2011
/s/ Michael D. Rose
Michael D. Rose
Director
May 9, 2011
/s/ Michael I. Roth
Michael I. Roth
Director
May 9, 2011
/s/ Mark Fioravanti
Mark Fioravanti
Executive Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
May 9, 2011
/s/ Rod Connor
Rod Connor
Senior Vice President and
Chief Administrative Officer
(Principal Accounting Officer)
May 9, 2011
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EXHIBIT INDEX
5.1
Opinion of Bass, Berry & Sims PLC
23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
23.2
Consent of Bass, Berry & Sims PLC (included in the Opinion of Bass, Berry &
Sims PLC filed herewith as Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature page of this Registration Statement)
99.1*
Gaylord Entertainment Company Amended and Restated 2006 Omnibus Incentive Plan
*
Previously filed as Annex A to the Registrant's Proxy Statement for
its Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on May 5, 2011, and
incorporated herein by reference.