Nashville as MLB Expansion/Relocation Market

[PaulChinetti]

"....potentially the Tennessee State University site."

What site is that?

[NashRugger]

I'd love to know what these sites are in either Rutherford or Williamson, because that's hilarious.

[titanhog]

Yeah…it’s either gotta be downtown or don’t do it.  They need to beg the city and the Titans organization to be part of the restructuring of the east bank around the current football stadium.

[MLBrumby]

I hope they realize that whatever they spend to build said "entertainment" center at the east bank will soon bring big returns being so close to LoBro, not to replicate Broadway but to complement it with food, concert and of course sporting events. I commented yesterday that the Titans owners and Metro Council need to create a transit hub out of any parking structure at Nissan Stadium. Same goes for this one. A shuttle between LoBro and this should be a success.  

[bnacincy]

If they put it at my preferred site between the railroad viaduct and Jefferson street bridge and face it towards the development  that is supposedly coming between the viaduct and James Robertson Parkway then it would have the same look and feel as the Braves new park-except it would be downtown and not in the suburbs.

All the developers need to get together on this and hash out a plan that totally transforms the East Bank-call it the Riverpark Sportsplex or something.

Make it the first phase of an even greater plan to deindustrialize the entire Cumberland River from Opryland to west of the MLK Bridge and transform it to a massive green space.

Downtown needs it if there is to be all these people moving in....call it Nashville's Riverpark.

[WebberThomas4]

4 hours ago, PaulChinetti said:

"....potentially the Tennessee State University site."

What site is that?

My guess is their campus next to the Y in downtown. 

[MLBrumby]

Wasn't there a massive proposal a couple years back for the land adjacent to the TSU campus?  Labeled "Cumberland Shores" on Smeaglefree's excellent development map. 

Edited January 14, 2021 by MLBrumby

[nashvylle]

On 12/20/2020 at 10:31 AM, PHofKS said:

So, the Driftwood district option is out. Disappointing.

Can't stadiums and Mixed-Use developments be built in flood zones? Isn't Nissan Stadium in a flood zone? I see huge and numerous develops all along coastal cities that have to be in flood zones?? Can’t a flood wall be built along the Cumberland? 

 

 

Edited January 24, 2021 by nashvylle

[smeagolsfree]

Sure they build a flood wall; but the questions will come up, who will pay for it?  Three Rivers stadium flooded in 96 and below is a shot of Cincinnati flood I think in 2018. 

[L'burgnative]

^^^Three River Stadium was Pittsburgh, Cincinnati's was River Front Stadium and it was I think to the  left (west) of Paul Brown Stadium (the football Stadium).  I've past through Cincinnati a lot as a kid in the 80's and 90's heading up to Toledo to see family.

Edited January 24, 2021 by L'burgnative

[nashvylle]

3 hours ago, smeagolsfree said:

Sure they build a flood wall; but the questions will come up, who will pay for it?  

The MLB2Nashville group claims it will be privately funded, so let’s assume the flood wall is also privately funded. 
 

my question is mainly - can or can’t a stadium be built in a flood zone? 

[L'burgnative]

26 minutes ago, nashvylle said:

The MLB2Nashville group claims it will be privately funded, so let’s assume the flood wall is also privately funded. 
 

my question is mainly - can or can’t a stadium be built in a flood zone? 

Like you said above, Nissan Stadium has to be in a flood zone and the play surface is probably 30' to 40'  below the base of the river.  I do know when the stadium was built they have or had numerous huge pumps to pump water out of the stadium in case of flooding.  One of these pumps alone could fill an Olympic size swimming pool in a matter of minutes.

[smeagolsfree]

15 hours ago, L'burgnative said:

^^^Three River Stadium was Pittsburgh, Cincinnati's was River Front Stadium and it was I think to the  left (west) of Paul Brown Stadium (the football Stadium).  I've past through Cincinnati a lot as a kid in the 80's and 90's heading up to Toledo to see family.

Correct, I was just stating the two and that both mixed use and or stsdium areas have flooded. Those were the first two that came to mind and I would bet there mat be a couple of others.

[nashvylle]

 

 

[jmtunafish]

https://www.southsidesox.com/2021/2/4/22264582/south-side-sox-reacts-mlb-expansion-nashville

[L'burgnative]

I've said it several times here, I don't understand why Montreal would ever even be considered ever again.  Oh well, people's memories are short these days.

[MLBrumby]

Totally agree. Been there... done that... and wasn't successful.  I don't see Las Vegas or Portland either.  Definitely Charlotte and maybe Vancouver.  I think Nashville being in the Central Time Zone works to its advantage. It has some powerful, wealthy owners too. 

[nashvylle]

Nashville HAS to get it downtown. Just renovate First Horizon Park. People don't want to go to Brentwood. 

[bnacincy]

11 minutes ago, nashvylle said:

Nashville HAS to get it downtown. Just renovate First Horizon Park. People don't want to go to Brentwood. 

East Bank between the railroad trestle and  Jefferson/Spring St. With what is happening with Oracle and the development in the truck stop area the only thing left on the East Bank to take care of would be PSC Metals.

[nashvylle]

53 minutes ago, bnacincy said:

East Bank between the railroad trestle and  Jefferson/Spring St. With what is happening with Oracle and the development in the truck stop area the only thing left on the East Bank to take care of would be PSC Metals.

That’d be great but they need a billionaire to pull that off 

[markhollin]

Received this e-mail today...
 

[nashvylle]

@markhollin et al-

Can you please include the site below in whatever locations you present? If Oracle can invest $1.2BN in River North, if Nissan Stadium can be in a flood zone, Nashville Stars can have a stadium on this metro land. Bulkheads can be installed to prevent flooding. Literally dozens of land parcels in this area can be utilized as part of TIF to help fund stadiums.

Interstate access is adjacent to the area. Existing Metro parking is within 0.5 miles. The existing Music City "Star" could transport "Stars" fans at this location. A pedestrian bridge (and/or gondola) could be built to connect to East Nashville. The area could be completely transformed into a baseball district with hotels, parks, river access, residential, office, entertainment, concerts, etc. 

A stadium in Rutherford County or Williamson county would be a huge disappointment. 

 

[TheRaglander]

15 hours ago, nashvylle said:

Nashville HAS to get it downtown. Just renovate First Horizon Park. People don't want to go to Brentwood. 

I may have mentioned this before but when my dad and I had Pred's season tickets it was located in the upper bowl and the seats around us were single-game tickets.  So we got the pleasure to talk to visiting fans.  One thing that stuck out a lot were people that sat next to us that were there on a convention.  Something like a farm machinery convention and these group of guys/gals would walk around downtown, grab drinks and say, "hey, a hockey game.  why not?"  

You would absolutely lose that type of Broadway foot traffic if you put the stadium out in the burbs.  I really hope it's a location near Nissan stadium so the convention visitors take a stroll and catch a few innings of MLB.  

[nightranger36]

In the below picture, wasn't there a park planned just inside the intersate bridge and rolling mill hill by the river? That could connect nicely from downtown to here and make a nice district.

[MLBrumby]

I recall a proposal by Metro parks to put in a rowing center there. Haven't heard anything in years.