First Horizon Park - Home of the Nashville Sounds

[bwithers1]

Eh, the logo's not bad. There is some thought to it. I like the f-hole stylized into the N, that's pretty cool.

Thanks for bringing my attention to the F-hole portion of the N.  As a retired fiddle player, I should have caught that.  And the guitar-pick-shaped background is much more subliminal than the rather obvious guitar headstock scoreboard. 

Edited October 10, 2014 by bwithers1

[volsfanwill]

i have seen at least two people on facebook complain that there is a shield in the new logo. .  made me laugh

[MidTenn1]

Some construction progress pictures from today. Moving right along.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The original renderings....

 

 

 

 

 

[bigeasy]

Wow I was not expecting to see that much progress!! Thanks for posting the pics!

[UTgrad09]

Wow I was not expecting to see that much progress!! Thanks for posting the pics!

 

It's gotta be ready by Spring....so they better have that much progress!

[e-dub]

yeah, it's pretty shocking how fast they're moving on the thing.

[nashmoney]

Ron Gobbell keeps eyes fixed on Sounds' new ballpark

 

http://www.tennessean.com/story/sports/columnist/dave-ammenheuser/2014/11/06/sounds-stadium-construction/18608689/

 

One hundred sixty-one days. 23 weeks......Let's play Ball! April 17, 2015

[Paramount747]

They are working as fast as the amphitheater.

[nashvillwill]

The ballpark was on the front page of today's fishwrap. Something about an extra $5m. But I can't access the article. Can someone summarize?

[dmillsphoto]

The ballpark was on the front page of today's fishwrap. Something about an extra $5m. But I can't access the article. Can someone summarize?

"has spurred a projected $5 million in additional city spending to cover new water lines, electrical lines and paving that isn’t factored into the project’s overall price tag."

 

EDIT: NBJ has it now: http://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/morning_call/2014/11/nashvilles-price-tag-for-new-sounds-stadium-going.html

[Guest]

Not just 5Mil on infrastructure but an additional 5Mil on stadium upgrades... only part of which will be paid for by the Ball club. I am an advocate for targeted development but I'm my mind the numbers need to be transparent BEFORE approval not after. In the real world we call that contingency. Include, and vote on a numbers that have an agreed upon contingency and then all other overruns are the responsibility of the private developer....

Edited November 20, 2014 by Guest

[smeagolsfree]

Some of the upgrades will be used for different projects such as the all the apartments, parking garages, and some day the museums to go in the area. They were reworking all the water lines on 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th.

[Guest]

I hear what you are saying but the story is the story. Metro needs to reclassify the budget expense if it is not directly attributable to the stadium build out. I am for accuracy of information and for some reason we seem to get a lot of obfuscation from Reibling et al...

[CenterHill]

The ballpark project came together and was announced very quickly.   Some of us commented on that at the time, as I recall.   It doesn't surprise me that the original budget did not include items relating to the comprehensive development as not all of those ducks were in a row when it was announced. 

[UTgrad09]

The ballpark project came together and was announced very quickly.  

Known as the Rich Riebeling Special.

[UTgrad09]

http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2014/11/23/sounds-stadium-may-cost-metro-acres/19375617/

 

Other things that happen when you throw a project together quickly.

[grilled_cheese]

Uh, lets imminent domain the eff out of them.

[UTgrad09]

Or, better yet, let's do our research before we dive into large public projects so we don't end up paying millions of dollars in hidden costs.

 

 

I'm perfectly fine with building a new ballpark. I would just like to know the price tag before we decide to jump in.

 

I'm just wondering if this is the last of it. It's going to end up being a quite expensive minor league park. 

[CenterHill]

How do you miss the gas lines?     The gas company even posts signs above their lines - "Call before you dig".      Someone forgot to call?    

[Nashville Cliff]

I took a few photos today while running by the ballpark.  Coming along nicely.

 

http://instagram.com/p/vysEMMtZnm/

 

http://instagram.com/p/vyr98GtZm0/

[titanhog]

This has probably been discussed...but just wondering what will become of the old Sounds' stadium?

[CenterHill]

I took a few photos today while running by the ballpark.  Coming along nicely.

 

http://instagram.com/p/vysEMMtZnm/

 

http://instagram.com/p/vyr98GtZm0/

 

Thanks.     Agree, construction is moving along very fast.   

 

That's the front side of the stadium in your second photo facing Jackson St.   Wish something could be done to soften the impact of those blank walls.

 

 

Edited November 25, 2014 by CenterHill

[L'burgnative]

^ Like some good old fashion brick.

[titanhog]

^ Like some good old fashion brick.

The good ol' Nashville red brick would have been awesome.  I would have rather they went old school instead of the current design.

[Jamie Hall]

This has probably been discussed...but just wondering what will become of the old Sounds' stadium?

 

I don't think that's been officially decided. There had been talk of converting it into a soccer stadium or tearing it down completely to redevelop the property.