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  1. Jamie Hall
    Autoweek has done a nice job following the developments between the Fairgrounds track and Speedway Motorsports. Their latest coverage dated Aug. 11 ... https://www.autoweek.com/racing/nascar/a37274342/speedway-motorsports-nears-formal-proposal-for-nashville-fairgrounds-lease/ Granted that Autoweek is covering this issue from the motorsports angle, but even so, Stand Up Nashville seems to be doing the bare minimum to represent its interests.
  2. Jamie Hall
    News flash to the Stand Up Nashville folks who think that renovating a 100-year-old racetrack is going to bring massive change and development to the neighborhood: You lost that battle as soon as the MLS stadium began construction. Change, development, and traffic is already coming, so one NASCAR race per year is going to be the least of your worries.
  3. Jamie Hall
    I watched the entire race Sunday -- I was really struck by how the commentators and a lot of people were gushing over Nashville, the turnout, and the potential future of NASCAR in Nashville. Nashville really proved itself to be a great NASCAR city.
  4. Jamie Hall
    I've been reading the same speculation from NASCAR media folks. I'd be curious to know if one metro area has ever hosted Cup races at two different tracks in the same year.
  5. Jamie Hall
    Although I didn't live here at the time, I recall reading that the pond was part of the Fountain Square Mall project when it was built in the late '80s. Maybe someone else can shed light on this, but didn't they offer paddle-boat rides in the pond back in those days? Then again, my memory could be way off -- a lot has happened since the late '80s.
  6. Jamie Hall
    Wow, that was a quick turnaround. I'm impressed.
  7. Jamie Hall
    I just read that a major party's national governors associations (I won't even name which one to avoid opening a political can of worms) is having its annual convention here in Nashville this week, for what it's worth. Not exactly a massive convention in terms of numbers, but it's good to see Nashville hotel rooms getting booked.
  8. Jamie Hall
    $2.35 million to re-do the interior of a relatively small space inside a mall? That seems mighty steep.
  9. Jamie Hall
    The new owners sure didn't waste any time -- crews were removing the LifeWay signage from the building this morning.
  10. Jamie Hall
    It baffles me that CVS or Walgreens wouldn't want to look at the CityFire space or the Two Old Hippies space that will be coming open soon. With no competition anywhere in that area, that's a wide-open marketplace.
  11. Jamie Hall
    Just throwing this in the mix as another potential issue, since I just read it today: The trucking industry is dealing with a big shortage of tanker drivers, which could lead to gas delivery issues this spring and summer as travel heats up. Whether that leads to delivery issues or increased shipping costs for building materials, that's anybody's guess. https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/27/business/summer-gasoline-shortage/index.html
  12. Jamie Hall
    I've read other speculation that the Fairgrounds' NASCAR date would likely be in September or even October to distance it from the Nashville Superspeedway date and allow time for construction. At this point it's all speculation anyway.
  13. Jamie Hall
    Almost any kind of new development along Murfreesboro Pike would be a welcome addition. That area has been ripe for change for quite a while.
  14. Jamie Hall
    Is it wrong that I've been really looking forward to this?
  15. Jamie Hall
    Wasn't there a big wave of new local food options announced by BNA several months ago? What happened to those?
  16. Jamie Hall
    I've got a Nashville map reprint from 1908 hanging in my office. Cost me about $20 online. They really make great art pieces for anyone interested in Nashville history.
  17. Jamie Hall
    Has there been any announcement about what retailers are going in these space?
  18. Jamie Hall
    The Bristol group has already chosen a reputable company to handle the sound mitigation issues, so neighbors could actually hear less noise in the future than they did for past races (considering that the track really has zero sound mitigation tools currently). My hunch as a longtime NASCAR fan would be maybe 3-4 NASCAR events at the fairgrounds each year -- probably one Cup Series event, with the others being a mix of events for Xfinity Series, Truck Series, and/or ARCA. I'll be curious to see how much of their regular "local" racing remains on the schedule, since that's always been the bulk of the track's schedule. I sympathize with neighbors who have to deal with the noise, but it seems like this new deal pretty much ensures that the track is here to stay for a while. And based on some of the other big projects being planned within 4-6 blocks from the fairgrounds, more development is inevitable. That's a reference to the Nashville Superspeedway in Wilson County -- it's a bigger track in a rural area that's schedule to host NASCAR events this year.
  19. Jamie Hall
    Imagine if the people in those window seats had the shades pulled down or weren't paying attention. I don't often fly in the winter, so I'm not sure I would have realized at the time that this was a potential disaster. Somebody was really on their toes that day.
  20. Jamie Hall
    "Woooooo, hey look family, we've made it to Orlando!!!!" compared to ... "Dad, is this Nashville ... was that ... are we ... what'd that little sign say?"
  21. Jamie Hall
    From the NBJ: Two Old Hippies in the Gulch (across from the new W Hotel) will close on May 31 after 10 years in business. Always sad to see a local business close, but I'm optimistic that the storefront might be filled by something like DGX to provide goods and services badly needed in the neighborhood. https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2021/03/01/gulch-staple-closes-after-a-decade-due-to-covid.html
  22. Jamie Hall
    The fact that these things aren't already done is disappointing. For a city that prides itself on tourism, Metro seems to overlook some very simple and reasonably inexpensive design details of a tourist city.
  23. Jamie Hall
    Didn't earlier renderings show some type of landscaping replacing the center lane of Broadway in front of 5th & Main? That appears to have gone away.
  24. Jamie Hall
    Some long green vines on each end of that building and some decorative landscaping out front might help. I sure hope they have something planned to give this thing some personality.
  25. Jamie Hall
    As a NASCAR fan for the better part of four decades now, my hunch is that the Fairgrounds lost its spot on the NASCAR schedule after 1984 when the series began to regularly gain national TV, greater demand for tickets, and big-money sponsors who wanted a more big-league appearance. The small tracks that did stay on the schedule invested a lot of money in their facilities to stay relevant. There might have been more going on behind the scenes locally, such as politics, but in those days NASCAR kept behind-the-scenes deals pretty much out of the public eye.
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