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  7. Nashville as MLB Expansion/Relocation Market

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    15 hours ago, volsfanwill said:

    Um... Cardinals... 

    cubs fans are everywhere.  but Nashville has been a 3 team city for a long time.  Reds, Braves, and Cardinals.  Reds have fallen off, but the other two are still strong.  Ill admit the Braves are probably pulling the most now.

    Cardinals fan here but I see wayy more Cubs fans with all the Chicago transplants. Not even close. 

    15 hours ago, japan said:

    You want to talk about empty seats?  Go look at attendance for teams not in the historic baseball markets...

    Great point here. St Louis averages over 40k in attendence per home game but look at Cincinnati, sure, they're terrible, but many of their home games are under 10k in attendance. The ceiling isn't that high regardless. With Nashville's tourism draw, I'm curious if we'd have a Vanderbilt situation where the majority of fans root for the away team. Not much better than low attendence. 

  8. Nashville as MLB Expansion/Relocation Market

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    Big baseball fan here.. several issues come to mind.

    1. We have a brand new 91 million dollar triple A stadium 

    2. MLB is having attendance issues and Nashville would be the second smallest metro to host a MLB team.

    3. The majority of baseball fans here have allegiance to the Braves and to a lessor degree (unfortunately) the Cubs.

    4. Nissan Stadium is a bottom tier NFL stadium and any further expansion would be disrupted (and necessary to host a super bowl)

     

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    Project Thread/New Construction/Photo du jour/Const. CAMs

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    On 2/24/2019 at 8:06 PM, Vrtigo said:

    I don't know the exact science behind this, but I believe it has to do with the "heat island" effect present in most cities. Rain occurs when water condenses out of the air when it encounters colder temperatures, so warmer temperatures within a city could certainly alter the otherwise expected forecast.

     

    On 2/23/2019 at 9:41 PM, Mr_Bond said:

    I was talking with someone about this on Wednesday.  The two of us have noticed that many storms split up and go around the Nashville bowl, or the rain lightens up a bit as it passes over the bowl.  I once watched a major storm front moving in from the north (quite rare) just split in two and go to the east and west of us.

    Weather nerd here. People discuss this quite a bit, so I figure I'll chime in. Since there is about a 400 ft difference in elevation between outlying areas on the rim like Joelton and Downtown Nashville, orographics, or the "bowl" effect Mr. Bond elluded to occasionally have a slight influence on precipitation that falls in Nashville proper, however radar bias is the main culprit for this phenomenon.

    Basically, the radar at the Nashville NWS in Old Hickory shoots a beam outward that detects precipitation/objects in a ~100 mile  fixed radius around Nashville. Because this beam has an upward trajectory as it travels, the further away from Nashville, the higher off the ground the radar samples the atmosphere. This means the rain/sleet/snow it depicts over Nashville is detected just above ground level but what it depicts at Clarksville or Bowling Green is actually detected thousands of feet above ground level. Since precipitation often evaporates as it falls towards the ground, the 'split' you often see as weather approaches the city is merely more accurate data being presented due to closer proximity to the radar site. It's a current limition of doppler radar technology that can only be remedied by increasing the density of radar sites.

     

     

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  11. Amazon: The Thread | 5,000 Jobs | 1M SQFT in Nashville Yards

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    9 minutes ago, PaulChinetti said:

    God please no, we don't need wider roads. More lanes just promotes more traffic. We need bike (scooter) and bus lanes and more sidewalks and better timed lights.

    No more car infrastructure, more people infrastructure please!!

    This. The city "overhauled" traffic signals in 2016 and still I can't go more than 2 blocks without hitting a red traveling at the posted speed limit on OHB/Bell Rd.

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  13. The Transportation and Mass Transit Megathread

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    Utility aside. really looking forward to improvements in the overall visual aesthetics of 440.  Currently lots of overgrown  brush on the  sound barriers, rusty light poles, graffiti, center median landscaping is almost nill.  Really notice these things when you're only going 10  mph.

  14. Nashville Bits and Pieces

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    8 hours ago, grilled_cheese said:

    https://consequenceofsound.net/2018/06/the-end-of-bonnaroo-as-we-knew-it/amp/

    I know people have criticized the recent Bonnaroo lineups for not being exclusive or unique anymore, especially after Live Nation took the reins. Obviously the more  saturated festival-sphere, the tougher that task becomes.  I think its identity crisis (if you want to call it that) is rooted in the desire to appeal to longtime "Bonnaroovians" with the realization that its target demographics are broadening with the younger generations in play. Hate to say it but attendance numbers are important. They're a large gauge of relevance in the industry and its why mainstream adoption is here to stay.  Attendance and line-ups aside, the most important thing  to note here is the experience hasn't changed. The positivity and embrace of random strangers from every background creates a vibe and its what separates Roo from every. single. festival. It is truly a 700 acre utopia and is equally a catalyst for its long term success. 

    See y'all on the farm! 80,000 strong this year.

     

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  18. Nashville Bits and Pieces

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    On 1/4/2018 at 8:46 AM, PHofKS said:

    TBT...From the Facebook page, "I remember Nashville..."

     

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    By the way, the all time record low in Kingston Springs, Tennessee (-30 degrees on 1/23/63) is lower than the all time low in Chicago (-26).

    Heard many of tales about that winter from elders growing up. Back then, the water levels weren't regulated. If the river was low and you got sustained bitter cold, the Cumberland would indeed freeze over (this happened more than once). Army Corp of Engineers dammed it up in the 50s to regulate the flow making a complete freeze just about impossible.

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