Beat02
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Yeah, it's in a beautiful old house in Germantown, super unique to Nashville in that both the seating and the portions are family style (long communal tables and large dishes that you pass around), and the food is classic southern comfort food, albeit of the highest quality.
That sounds great. I'd assume if it's in a house, there's probably a reservation system in order to get seating for 6-10 people?
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I don't mean to rekindle the "Nashville's not getting an MLB team" discussion, but I found something interesting by random chance online.
It's a study that analyzes a metro's ability to support professional sports teams economically based on the total combined income of the residents. Of course, I think there are some flaws in this, but it's an interesting study nonetheless.
In a nutshell:
Nashville's total personal income (TPI) was $63.8 billion in 2010. According to the study, we really need to have a TPI of $74.3 billion to adequately support our current teams (a deficit of $10.5 billion). So we're overextended as it is.
Nashville is not alone in being overextended, and not even close to being the worst. In fact, there are currently 20 markets listed as such, with Nashville ranking as the 16th most overextended.
The others are as follows:
1 - Denver (5 teams) - $87.3 billion deficit
2 - Cleveland (3 teams) - $71.4 billion
3 - Pittsburgh (3 teams) - $56.7 billion
4 - Tampa (3 teams) - $54.1 billion
5 - Kansas City (3 teams) - $52.3 billion
6 - Milwaukee (2 teams) - $51.8 billion
7 - St. Louis (3 teams) - $42.3 billion
8 - Phoenix (4 teams) - $41.1 billion
9 - Minneapolis-St. Paul (4 teams) - $39.4 billion
10 - Cincinnati (2 teams) - $37.5 billion
11 - Buffalo (2 teams) - $30.9 billion
12 - Green Bay (1 team) - $25.2 billion
13 - Detroit (4 teams) - $23.3 billion
14 - New Orleans (2 teams) - $18.4 billion
15 - San Francisco-Oakland (5 teams) - $12.5 billion
16 - Nashville (2 teams) - $10.5 billion
17 - Winnipeg (1 team) - $8.8 billion
18 - Salt Lake City (2 teams) - $5.9 billion
19 - Charlotte (2 teams) - $1.7 billion
20 - Indianapolis (2 teams) - $1.7 billion
According to this, Nashville would need to have a TPI of $159.7 billion, which is close to that of Minneapolis-St. Paul. So, in other words, we need to double in size before we're ready to add MLB. Double. That's a long, long way off.
My major problem with the methodology is that it doesn't factor in corporate presence and ownership (millionaires and billionaires that may or may not live in the city).
(For curious reference, elsewhere in Tennessee, Memphis has a TPI of $50.6 billion, Knoxville $24.6 billion, and Chattanooga $18.5 billion -- Memphis would be capable of supporting a second pro team -- MLS only -- and Knoxville and Chattanooga could each support an MLS team themselves. Nashville is approximately $26 billion short of being able to support it's 3rd pro team -- MLS again -- because of the deficit)
How this relates to the Sounds, though. AAA baseball wasn't a consideration when figuring in a market's ability to support pro teams. And though it is small, it still requires some income to support it. With Nashville currently having a deficit in this category, it makes me wonder how high of a priority investing any public funds should be in building a new ballpark. Honestly, I really don't want to lose the Sounds...but perhaps we should put civic investment on hold until we are under better financial footing. It shouldn't be long before we're large enough to support our two current teams along with AAA baseball.
Interesting!
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Edit: Never mind.
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i like their brunch, i've never eaten there outside of those hours. i hear they make a mean burger, though, and there's house music upstairs on most weekends if you're into that sort of thing
eric b
lol.
The more I look into it, the more I think Mad Donna's isn't ideal. I'm making this all harder than it should be. I need to decide on something simple like TGI Fridays.
Monell's, is this in Germantown?
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Was browsing urban spoon/yelp and came across Mad Donna's in East Nashville. Recommended?
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Another thing:
I'm looking for some ideas on a decent place to grab dinner with about 8-10 people, a number of us being brand new to living in nashville. We're trying to do an early dinner on the 1st of January, as we have an early morning commitment on the 2nd. I'm hoping to find somewhere affordable (I don't know what everyone's financial situation is so I want to err on the side of caution) and fairly casual that's either in a neat part of town or a restaurant that is unique to Nashville.
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Right on, thanks for the suggestions. Only hot pot I've had was a couple of spots in Seattle and it was excellent.
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Does anyone know if there is a decent asian hot pot place in Nashville?
Hot pot being where you order all kinds of ingredients - meats, noodles, vegetables, etc. (and usually all you can eat) and a burner and broth is brought to your table and you cook the contents yourself.
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Hello all, I'm new to the forum. I was referred by UTGrad09 (whom I don't know personally, but from another Nashville area forum).
I'll be moving to Nashville (currently living near Chattanooga) in a few weeks and am just interested to learn more and get more acquainted with the city. I was born near San Francisco and have lived in several other places around the States, but I start a new job in Nashville, in January,
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Omni Hotel/Convention Center hotel/24 stories/800 rooms/complete
in Nashville
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Figured I'd put this in here. Bridgestone Arena to invest 7 million for a facelift for a new entrance on the south side of the arena, to compliment the new convention center. What I want to know is what you can do back there that would take 7 million.
http://www.tennessean.com/article/20130124/NEWS01/130124013/Bridgestone-Arena-renovations-would-total-7-million