First Horizon Park - Home of the Nashville Sounds

[bhibbs]

[smeagolsfree]

Thanks for posting the photos bhibbs.

[bhibbs]

Thanks for posting the photos bhibbs.

No worries!

side note, those field level seats behind home plate are really cool, I can't wait to sit there at some point.

[nashmoney]

I would definitely say naming rights announcement - Im excited to see what the announcement is.

 

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I got it right!!...do I get a prize??

[titanhog]

No worries!

side note, those field level seats behind home plate are really cool, I can't wait to sit there at some point.

Looks almost like there's some kind of "suites" back behind the seats.

[captainwjm]

Sounds announcement is as follows:

 

According to Frank Ward, the naming rights will go to First Tennessee Bank and will be known as 1st Tennessee Park.

Yawn.

[Griz83]

Looks almost like there's some kind of "suites" back behind the seats.

 

To my eye it looks like the main street level entrance.

[titanhog]

To my eye it looks like the main street level entrance.

That would be weird, if true.  I hope that's not the main street level entrance.

[CenterHill]

To my eye it looks like the main street level entrance.

 

To mine, it looks like the street level is the one above that, but I could be wrong.    That's in part based on the depth of the excavation so far.    I agree with titanhog that the field level seats appear to include some sort of suites or club level access.    I like that the front row is at catcher's eye level.    

 

The exterior still looks like an airport.   

[grilled_cheese]

the stadium won't be multi use will it?  we desperately need a 13k+ outdoor music venue.

Edited April 22, 2014 by grilled_cheese

[BnaBreaker]

the stadium won't be multi use will it?  we desperately need a 13k+ outdoor music venue.

 

http://woodsamphitheater.fontanelmansion.com/

 

Is that venue not capable of holding that many people?  It looks like a pretty fantastic space to me. 

[FrankNash]

I've been to a couple of Widespread Panic shows at The Woods.  This venue is across a nice sized creek up in a narrow hollow that is just amazing day or night! P.S. It's only 10 to 15 min from the center of downtown.

[grilled_cheese]

I've been to a couple of Widespread Panic shows at The Woods.  This venue is across a nice sized creek up in a narrow hollow that is just amazing day or night! P.S. It's only 10 to 15 min from the center of downtown.

 

This is an awesome venue.  Very intimate with the surrounding woods but it only holds about 4500.  I saw the WSP '11 and both '13 shows there and have Willie Nelson tickets for the show in May.

 

Bridgestone is a good venue for winter shows but we really need a summer outdoor venue.  We miss out on a lot of the good summer tours from bands that thrive in outdoor venues.  I'm looking at you Phish......it's been nearly 15 years!

[volsfanwill]

I love that the sounds are getting a new stadium, and I love the location. but....

it is still pointed the wrong direction,

and it looks like an airport or bus station or train station, something like that

Id prefer brick

 

 

oh and just noticed this, shouldnt the title be changed to under construction instead of proposed? 

[grilled_cheese]

Hopefully a couple bars pop up around the stadium.  Make it Wrigleyville-esque.

[Griz83]

To mine, it looks like the street level is the one above that, but I could be wrong.    That's in part based on the depth of the excavation so far.    I agree with titanhog that the field level seats appear to include some sort of suites or club level access.    I like that the front row is at catcher's eye level.    

 

The exterior still looks like an airport.   

 

Ah, I read that quickly before.  Yes, I meant the part with the light shining through is the street access.  I missed the windows behind the lowest seats.  I agree that it does look like an airport, albeit a more vintage airport, from the exterior.

[bigeasy]

I love that the sounds are getting a new stadium, and I love the location. but....

it is still pointed the wrong direction,

and it looks like an airport or bus station or train station, something like that

Id prefer brick

 

 

oh and just noticed this, shouldnt the title be changed to under construction instead of proposed? 

I don't get the argument of it being pointed in the wrong direction. Is it an issue with the current site? I am pretty sure they are facing the same direction.

[smeagolsfree]

I've been to a couple of Widespread Panic shows at The Woods.  This venue is across a nice sized creek up in a narrow hollow that is just amazing day or night! P.S. It's only 10 to 15 min from the center of downtown.

Don't forget, we have an amphitheater under construction too.

[nashmoney]

I like the airport look....I know it is not typical baseball park architecture, but it will make our park one of a kind.

The entrance could be labelled "Arriving" and the exit could be "Departures".

 

What's going to happen to the old guitar at Greer? It should definitely be a part of the redevelopment of the old stadium.

[CenterHill]

Don't forget, we have an amphitheater under construction too.

 

yep....and in a great location!     6500 capacity. 

 

What's going to happen to the old guitar at Greer? It should definitely be a part of the redevelopment of the old stadium.

 

Richard Branson trying to buy it...

Edited April 23, 2014 by CenterHill

[nashvylle]

Even if the Guitar wasn't part of the new stadium, it would be very cool for the Germantown / Sulphur Dell area if it was incorporated somehow outside of the stadium. 

[bhibbs]

Not using the guitar AND some how not incorporating the term "Sulphur Dell" into the new park is disappointing....which is putting how I feel about it very lightly.

[MidTenn1]

 

oh and just noticed this, shouldnt the title be changed to under construction instead of proposed? 

 

And spell 'Sulphur' correctly, also.

[UTgrad09]

I don't get the argument of it being pointed in the wrong direction. Is it an issue with the current site? I am pretty sure they are facing the same direction.

 

Yeah, but on top of that, it's not squared to the block, so there's a decent amount of wasted space on the sides.

 

I know I've been vocally critical -- and perhaps too much -- but in my eyes, this is my least favorite project in the city right now.

 

The park is not squared to the block. The design looks like $#!%. The private development also looks mundane in the renderings.

 

I hope to Jesus that some new rendering comes out that changes my opinion, but in general, I just think this is a rushed project, and we're going to get a very mediocre product because of it.

[grilled_cheese]

While I'm hopeful that the amphitheater they're building by the riverfront works out 6500 is just a few thousand short to bring in any new acts.