Exhibit 23.1

                         Consent of Independent Auditors

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement
(Form S-3) for the offering of additional shares of Gaylord Entertainment
Company common stock by certain selling shareholders of the reference to our
firm under the caption "Experts" in Amendment No. 2 to the Registration
Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-114293) and related Prospectus of Gaylord
Entertainment Company for the offering of shares of Gaylord Entertainment
Company common stock by certain selling shareholders and to the incorporation by
reference in Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No.
333-114293) and related Prospectus of Gaylord Entertainment Company for the
offering of shares of Gaylord Entertainment Company common stock by certain
selling shareholders of our reports (a) dated February 9, 2004, except for the
ninth paragraph of Note 16, as to which the date is March 10, 2004, with respect
to the consolidated financial statements of Gaylord Entertainment Company, and
(b) dated February 9, 2004 with respect to certain financial statement schedules
included in Gaylord Entertainment Company's Amendment No. 2 to its Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003 filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.

                                            /s/ Ernst & Young LLP


Nashville, Tennessee
April 26, 2004