Soccer in Nashville

[nashvylle]

@volsfanwill

http://jeremyelrod26.com/soccer/

 

 

how was traffic when you went getting in and out? 

Edited March 27, 2019 by nashvylle

[PaulChinetti]

It's a one for one replacement of the space @volsfanwill There will be the same amount of conditioned and unconditioned space, it will all just be way more consolidated. 
 

"It's slated to include 125,000 square feet of conditioned space and 100,000 square feet of unconditioned space as well as outdoor open space. "

[volsfanwill]

I was thinking it was. But then I got worried when I saw how spread out everything was. 

I went late on Saturday, drove right in, I was lucky and found a spot immediately. Leaving was no trouble either. But there were a lot of people already there. 

I'll also add that i only saw 1 no MLS sign. 

[PaulChinetti]

I think it’s definitely gonna feel different because it won’t be so spread out. But I’m not sure that is a bad thing. 

[markhollin]

Judge Ellen Hobbs Lyle has once again denied the Save Our Fairgrounds coalition's request to revive their lawsuit against the stadium.  She said the group seeking to stop construction of the city's Major League Soccer stadium had failed to identify "genuine issues" that justified a lawsuit challenging the build.

More at The Tennessean here:

https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/2019/03/27/judge-dismisses-lawsuit-against-nashville-mls-stadium-construction/3290497002/

 

[TheRaglander]

1 minute ago, markhollin said:

Judge Ellen Hobbs Lyle has once again denied the Save Our Fairgrounds coalition's request to revive their lawsuit against the stadium.  She said the group seeking to stop construction of the city's Major League Soccer stadium had failed to identify "genuine issues" that justified a lawsuit challenging the build.

More at The Tennessean here:

https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/2019/03/27/judge-dismisses-lawsuit-against-nashville-mls-stadium-construction/3290497002/

 

Was that the last potential lawsuit/hang up?   

[nashvylle]

1 minute ago, TheRaglander said:

Was that the last potential lawsuit/hang up?   

They can appeal to a higher court I believe. 

[smeagolsfree]

Probably will get thrown out there too. Besides that take money and time and the way the folks are moving, time is against them.

[tragenvol]

Nice April Fool's.  Yeehaw!

https://www.nashvillesc.com/news_article/show/1008869

Like:  The club will be deciding on a title sponsor for the scoreboard, and the early nominees include Pedal Taverns, Nashville’s Tourist Murals and a Tall Construction Crane.

Edited April 1, 2019 by tragenvol

[markhollin]

Butch Spyridon, head of Nashville's Convention & Visitors Corp, says that hosting the NFL Draft is a big help towards the city's hope in landing a slot in the World Cup hosts for 2026.

More at NBJ here:

https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2019/04/01/tourism-chief-says-nfl-draft-will-help-nashvilles.html?iana=hpmvp_nsh_news_headline

[nashvylle]

A rival and potential rival have updated stadium renderings. Apart from a few items here and there, I find most of these stadiums to be the same. I am more focused on the surrounding 10 acres, and pray it makes for an incredible game day experience for Nashville. 

https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/politics/2019/04/03/new-renderings-fc-cincinnati-stadium-show-every-seat-covered-protective-canopy/3347495002/

https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2019/04/03/expansion-hopefuls-sacramento-republic-release-new-mls-stadium-renderings

 

Edited April 3, 2019 by nashvylle

[PaulChinetti]

The FC Cincinnati one is incredibly meh. I do like the Sacramento one but it had some similarities to ours with the supports being exposed. 

[titanhog]

I love that Sacramento design.   For me, ours is very, very plain-Jane...but not bad.

[e-dub]

As mentioned elsewhere in this thread, I think our design will age well. Not so sure about the one in Sacramento and the Queen City, but I do like them both.

[BnaBreaker]

1 hour ago, titanhog said:

I love that Sacramento design.   For me, ours is very, very plain-Jane...but not bad.

I'm with you... I much prefer both of the others to ours.  Our stadium looks very boring to me.

[nashvylle]

Can someone please explain to me how the Tennessee state court can deal with a metro issue? 

[BnaBreaker]

These people just don't know when to quit.  

[e-dub]

They are angry.

[Buildtall]

Just seeking  attention .

[PaulChinetti]

Sigh, at some point hopefully they will start giving their feedback and ideas for the new facilities. Instead of trying to shut the whole thing down. 

Say it got shut down in court. Would the half built buildings just stay there unfinished and unusable!? 

[Tennessine]

I'm so tired of those people.

[nashvylle]

I hope that Nascar does come because that would be awesome. The MLS2Nashville group should look at Nascar as a complete upgrade to their 10 acre development, and I pray that the group works around what Nascar needs. 

[PaulChinetti]

I think they would as they've been open throughout the process. 

Then again, are they going to start changing their designs on the off chance that Nascar can get the money and decides to come to the track? 

[nashvylle]

41 minutes ago, PaulChinetti said:

I think they would as they've been open throughout the process. 

Then again, are they going to start changing their designs on the off chance that Nascar can get the money and decides to come to the track? 

I think the easiest solution is to add another entrance to the racetrack

[Bos2Nash]

1 hour ago, nashvylle said:

I think the easiest solution is to add another entrance to the racetrack

I mentioned this on the neighborhood thread as a viable option. Unfortunately Formosa does not have the resources and SMI won't invest much without a public/private relationship. Creating a new entrance would be great, working it around the parking concerns, new buildings and new expo buildings would probably call for a re-invention of the fan experience all around the speedway and probably infield. Thats alot of money.

To put it in perspective, Daytona International Speedway just re did their fan experience and grandstand entry points and it cost them $400 million. ISM (Pheonix) Raceway just completed a renovation of grandstands, moving the start finish line and infield redo and that cost them $178 million. The closest project in speedway size is the Colossus transformation that Bristol just underwent a couple years ago where they constructed some massive pylons to create a floating video screen (4 actually) and a massive sound system that has a speaker no more than 90 feet from each of the 100,000+ fans that are in the speedway.