New Titans Stadium (60,000 capacity dome, ground level retail, directly east of Nissan Stadium)

[MLBrumby]

33 minutes ago, DMilner said:

Honestly couldn’t care less about a Sportsbook, I bet online as it is. I do think the city could’ve used it as a leverage point to get a portion of the proceeds from it, but alas our council members are spineless. 

My observation from 150 miles away... is they're just not smart.  Not only are they dumb, but there are so so many of them... amazing to us in a place where our (Chattanooga) City Council is "all of" 9 members. Even if you multiply our number proportionally to our respective cities' populations, that would be equivalent to 30 Metro Council members.

[tragenvol]

Right, there will be no casino....but the sports book is a sure bet...pardon the pun.  As someone else said, they're building these next door to arenas and stadiums in states that have legalized sports betting.  The BET MGM sports book at Nationals Park in D.C. is connected to the baseball stadium.

Edited April 27, 2023 by tragenvol

[DMilner]

1 hour ago, WebberThomas4 said:

this is kinda creepy

I don’t have a problem with it. If the Titans lobbyists are going to have this much control over the mayor and council, everything they do should be out in the open. I know metro shot down a lot of open records requests related to the stadium. 

[Tim29tn]

7 hours ago, samsonh said:

I think casinos may be legalized in TN sooner rather than later. Kentucky now has gambling halls offering slots and poker rooms right across the border. Mississippi obviously has Tunica and Biloxi. Bristol VA now has a Hard Rock .25 miles from the TN border. Cherokee is right across the NC border. Metropolis/Paducah has a casino 2.5 hours away. Southern Indiana Caesars is 2.5 hours away. Evansville is about the same.  Money from TN is flowing out into these other states. Very similar to how it was before the lottery was legalized. 

If I’m not mistaken, casinos aren’t legal on land in Mississippi (unless ive been out of the loop for a while). All of the casinos in Tunica and Biloxi are built on barges on bodies of water. And also, hasn’t Memphis had casino boats for a while? 

[WebberThomas4]

20 minutes ago, DMilner said:

I don’t have a problem with it. If the Titans lobbyists are going to have this much control over the mayor and council, everything they do should be out in the open. I know metro shot down a lot of open records requests related to the stadium. 

Just because you don’t have a problem with it doesn’t make it any less creepy. 

[DMilner]

1 hour ago, WebberThomas4 said:

Just because you don’t have a problem with it doesn’t make it any less creepy. 

We’ll agree to disagree. You’re obviously fine with lobbyists dictating how Metro spends their money. 

[donNdonelson2]

1 hour ago, Tim29tn said:

If I’m not mistaken, casinos aren’t legal on land in Mississippi (unless ive been out of the loop for a while). All of the casinos in Tunica and Biloxi are built on barges on bodies of water. And also, hasn’t Memphis had casino boats for a while? 

No casino boats in Memphis 

[WebberThomas4]

22 minutes ago, DMilner said:

We’ll agree to disagree. You’re obviously fine with lobbyists dictating how Metro spends their money. 

Imagine the supporters doing the same thing to the non-supporters. That wouldn’t be okay either. 

[DMilner]

8 minutes ago, WebberThomas4 said:

Imagine the supporters doing the same thing to the non-supporters. That wouldn’t be okay either. 

Difference is the non-supporters aren’t trying to shove a billion dollar plus “deal” down the taxpayers throat. Also, clearly the non-supporters have zero sway with any of the council members. The pro side spoke for all of an hour tonight and the anti side will be shut down at two hours with more people wanting to speak. 

Edited April 26, 2023 by DMilner

[WebberThomas4]

3 minutes ago, DMilner said:

Difference is the non-supporters aren’t trying to shove a billion dollar plus “deal” down the taxpayers throat. 

Agree to disagree

[DMilner]

5 minutes ago, WebberThomas4 said:

Agree to disagree

Absolutely. No hard feelings; have a great night. 

[WebberThomas4]

1 minute ago, DMilner said:

Absolutely. No hard feelings; have a great night. 

That was my heart. Thanks for a civil disagreement. 

[Luvemtall]

2 hours ago, DMilner said:

I don’t have a problem with it. If the Titans lobbyists are going to have this much control over the mayor and council, everything they do should be out in the open. I know metro shot down a lot of open records requests related to the stadium. 

Definitely creepy, and I believe it’s a invasion of privacy. Not everything needs to be out in the open, and and if someone took a snapshot of my phone, I would press charges. It’s just not right. 

[markhollin]

The new stadium plan is approved with a 26-12 final vote after an impassioned 5 hour public hearing.

Full coverage at The Tennessean here:

https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/davidson/2023/04/26/titans-to-get-new-stadium-after-nashville-council-signs-off-on-deal/70132053007/

What's next?

https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/davidson/2023/04/26/a-new-nfl-stadium-is-coming-to-nashville-heres-what-that-looks-like/70146203007/


More behind the Nashville Post paywall here:

https://www.nashvillepost.com/politics/metro/metro-council-approves-funding-for-new-titans-stadium/article_a081a7d0-e3dd-11ed-b268-730cdbe7ab0e.html


And at WSMV here:

https://www.wsmv.com/2023/04/25/live-metro-council-holds-public-hearing-vote-new-titans-stadium/?utm_term=nashtoday&utm_campaign=daily-newsletter&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_source=nashtoday&utm_content=nashtoday

[PaulChinetti]

Council people for the Titan stadium deal bill:

Vote breakdowns

In favor: Sharon Hurt, Burkley Allen, Zulfat Suara, Jonathan Hall, Kyontze Toombs, Jennifer Gamble, Robert Swope, Brett Withers, Nancy VanReece, Tonya Hancock, Zach Young, Larry Hagar, Kevin Rhoten, Jeff Syracuse, Mary Carolyn Roberts, Gloria Hausser, Thom Druffel, Kathleen Murphy, Russ Pulley, Courtney Johnston, Bob Nash, Tanaka Vercher, Delishia Porterfield, John Rutherford, Joy Styles, and Antoinette Lee

Against: Bob Mendes, Sean Parker, Emily Benedict, Erin Evans, Russ Bradford, Ginny Welsch, Colby Sledge, Tom Cash, Freddie O'Connell, Sandra Sepulveda, Angie Henderson and Dave Rosenberg.

[nashville born]

12 hours ago, WebberThomas4 said:

That was my heart. Thanks for a civil disagreement. 

Perhaps there's hope for our society after all.  Kudos to you both. @DMilner @WebberThomas4

[Rick Dalton]

Bob Mendes nightmare!!!!!!!

[Sean blackdog]

Titans will break ground by mid 2024 to open for the 2027 season. 

[FromParkAveToTN]

Ugh!!! I haven't seen one benefit from the Titans being here.

It's so sad when you drive downtown and see all the homeless people,  zero infrastructure improvements,  zero mass transit, but we sure can go watch a bunch of grown men run up and down a patch of grass after a ball. 

I hope they lose every game they play in the new stadium.  A losing team will eventually result in low attendance and eventually the Titans will go away. 

Edited April 26, 2023 by FromParkAveToTN

[donNdonelson2]

59 minutes ago, FromParkAveToTN said:

Ugh!!! I haven't seen one benefit from the Titans being here.

It's so sad when you drive downtown and see all the homeless people,  zero infrastructure improvements,  zero mass transit, but we sure can go watch a bunch of grown men run up and down a patch of grass after a ball. 

I hope they lose every game they play in the new stadium.  A losing team will eventually result in low attendance and eventually the Titans will go away. 

And the stadium can be converted to the world’s largest Sak’s Fifth Avenue! Yippee!!!

[FromParkAveToTN]

1 hour ago, donNdonelson2 said:

And the stadium can be converted to the world’s largest Sak’s Fifth Avenue! Yippee!!!

LOVE that idea. 

[Sean blackdog]

From New Channel 5 

"The number right now has moved back closer to 63,000 and Burke and I have had numerous conversations about the ability to bring in temporary seating," said Spyridon.

What u think? 

[Sean blackdog]

From New Fox 17. 

 

When the new stadium opens, Nissan will be demolished, and the property will become a new park.
 

 

[NashRugger]

Well, that new La Quinta will be hot being the closest hotel to the new stadium. 

[Nicholson]

On 4/26/2023 at 8:43 AM, PaulChinetti said:

Council people for the Titan stadium deal bill:

Vote breakdowns

In favor: Sharon Hurt, Burkley Allen, Zulfat Suara, Jonathan Hall, Kyontze Toombs, Jennifer Gamble, Robert Swope, Brett Withers, Nancy VanReece, Tonya Hancock, Zach Young, Larry Hagar, Kevin Rhoten, Jeff Syracuse, Mary Carolyn Roberts, Gloria Hausser, Thom Druffel, Kathleen Murphy, Russ Pulley, Courtney Johnston, Bob Nash, Tanaka Vercher, Delishia Porterfield, John Rutherford, Joy Styles, and Antoinette Lee

Against: Bob Mendes, Sean Parker, Emily Benedict, Erin Evans, Russ Bradford, Ginny Welsch, Colby Sledge, Tom Cash, Freddie O'Connell, Sandra Sepulveda, Angie Henderson and Dave Rosenberg.

It's good to note Delisha Porterfield was opposed, and only voted in favor so that she would be allowed to make a "motion to reconsider." This was botched by Vice Mayor Shulman's confusion. Multiple CM's requests to be recognized created preventable chaos. Kathleen Murphy challenged Shulman's approval of Porterfield's motion to reconsider.  Legal dept recommended a vote to resolve the dispute. It was left to the council to decide Shulman's approval of Porterfield's motion vs Murphy's challenge to Shulman (and not allow Porterfield's motion). The CM's supporting the stadium all voted against Porterfield's motion to reconsider, by way of voting for Murphy's challenge. Total poo show. 

*If the motion to reconsider had succeeded, the Metro Council would have been required to have another vote in June. 

Edited April 27, 2023 by Nicholson
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