Nashville Bits and Pieces

[PruneTracy]

10 minutes ago, markhollin said:

...until one of them tips over and folks are killed, or a drunken rider falls off and is crushed under the wheels, or, or or.... 

Natural selection

[PaulChinetti]

34 minutes ago, markhollin said:

...until one of them tips over and folks are killed, or a drunken rider falls off and is crushed under the wheels, or, or or.... 

The people driving them have licenses, I could see maybe requiring them to get CPR training or something alone those lines. 

But drunk people are gonna do dumb stuff, no matter how many rules are in place, 10 fireball shots in people aren't following rules.   

 

I am on board with it all though, I don't personally like the tractor because it makes Nashville look more redneck but I don't like country music at all so I'm obviously not the market.

[Baronakim]

29 minutes ago, PruneTracy said:

Natural selection

"Evolution in action" as we used to say.

[TheRaglander]

I actually think it's great for Nashville.  I see this stuff every day downtown and everyone is having such a great time.  Bachelorettes, bachelors, visiting fans, professionals with convention center badges still hanging from their necks, old people pushing the grave...  I just smile and hope they go get to go home and talk to their friends and family about how amazing of a city Nashville is.   

[Ingram]

21 hours ago, musiczealot said:

My default response to people saying they want the "old" Nashville is "Today, would you rather live in Nashville or Memphis?"  Not to pile on Memphis (we spent some time in Memphis in January for a Grizzlies game - there is so much potential in their DT), but that usually nips any complaining in the bud.

 

The only reason for that is probably the perception of crime being rampant there.

Nashville is crime ridden in and of itself. It even has 12 year olds committing crime.

Edited April 9, 2019 by Ingram

[Tennessine]

7 minutes ago, Ingram said:

 

The only reason for that is probably the perception of crime being rampant there.

Nashville is crime ridden in and of itself. It even has 12 year olds committing crime.

I agree with this. Memphis has an awful crime problem, as all of us know, but our crime statistics are nothing to write home about either.

[NashvilleObserver]

4 hours ago, PHofKS said:

 

Show	Cable Network (Rank)	Premise	Began	Current Status
Very Cavallari	E (40)	Kristin Cavallari   Wife of Vandy/Bears Quarterback Jay Cutler	2018	Renewed for season 2

 

Very Cavallari premise: "Wife of Quarterback"

 

Edited April 9, 2019 by NashvilleObserver

[PruneTracy]

10 minutes ago, NashvilleObserver said:

Very Cavallari premise: "Wife of Quarterback"

To be fair Jay Cutler is really just "Husband of C-List Reality TV Star".

Just kidding Jay, you know I used to love playing fantasy teams that started you.

[titanhog]

20 minutes ago, PruneTracy said:

To be fair Jay Cutler is really just "Husband of C-List Reality TV Star".

Just kidding Jay, you know I used to love playing fantasy teams that started you.

I actually watched a few episodes the other day.  First thoughts are that Cavillari needs to fire every one of the gals and guys she has working for her company (even though I'm sure it's more about the tv show than her actual business).  Second thought is that Jay is going to get bored very quickly hanging around that silly group of women.  Third...they actually show some nice shots of Nashville and some of the restaurants and businesses.

Overall, though...the show will make you despair for our nation's future. 

[PaulChinetti]

Agreed it has to be for the show, some of the people she has working for her get so many chances. It HAS to be manufactured, or they have another whole office of people taking care of the actual business. 

[TheRaglander]

2 minutes ago, PaulChinetti said:

Agreed it has to be for the show, some of the people she has working for her get so many chances. It HAS to be manufactured, or they have another whole office of people taking care of the actual business. 

Totally manufactured.  If ANYONE believes that any of these reality shows are “real”, I’ll buy you a Build-A-Bear from 5th and Broad.   

[PaulChinetti]

Which a regular reality tv show fine. But when running a small business like that, there are plenty of storylines/egos/etc that would make great tv. No need to write a script. 

I've been there, plenty of content, haha.

[titanhog]

5 minutes ago, PaulChinetti said:

Agreed it has to be for the show, some of the people she has working for her get so many chances. It HAS to be manufactured, or they have another whole office of people taking care of the actual business. 

That's what I was thinking.  Surely those people don't REALLY all work there.

[MLBrumby]

Metro issued $1.43 billion WITH A B!! in building permits in the third quarter of FY'19.  With one quarter to go, levels are already approaching total levels for previous two years. Could well be a record year. 

NBJ: https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2019/04/09/boom-metro-approves-record-smashing-amount-of.html

Among the developments receiving the heftier building permits last quarter are:

• Peabody Plaza, the office building Eakin Partners is building on Hermitage Avenue next to the Trolley Barns development.
• A parking garage at Nashville International Airport
• Asurion's headquarters in the Gulch
• A two-hotel project across from Music City Center, including a 30-story Embassy Suites and a luxury 1 Hotel
• The 20-story office building Endeavor Real Estate Group is building on Demonbreun Street and 13th Avenue South

Edited April 9, 2019 by MLBrumby

[MidTenn1]

2 hours ago, NashvilleObserver said:

Very Cavallari premise: "Wife of Quarterback"

I made the comment strictly to show the Nashville connection and in no way meant to diminish her significance as the shows principle personality.

[Craiger]

3 hours ago, MLBrumby said:

Metro issued $1.43 billion WITH A B!! in building permits in the third quarter of FY'19.  With one quarter to go, levels are already approaching total levels for previous two years. Could well be a record year. 

NBJ: https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2019/04/09/boom-metro-approves-record-smashing-amount-of.html

Among the developments receiving the heftier building permits last quarter are:

• Peabody Plaza, the office building Eakin Partners is building on Hermitage Avenue next to the Trolley Barns development.
• A parking garage at Nashville International Airport
• Asurion's headquarters in the Gulch
• A two-hotel project across from Music City Center, including a 30-story Embassy Suites and a luxury 1 Hotel
• The 20-story office building Endeavor Real Estate Group is building on Demonbreun Street and 13th Avenue South

This may have something to do with why Mayor Briley thinks he can afford the city employee cost of living increase next year. 

[NashvilleObserver]

3 hours ago, PHofKS said:

I made the comment strictly to show the Nashville connection and in no way meant to diminish her significance as the shows principle personality.

No, I thought it was funny! (Lauren Conrad did too.... for anyone who caught that GIF reference??)

[fishsticks176]

Of all the things that have relocated here from Memphis over the years, I would’ve felt guilty over this one. Apparently they considered dismantling Graceland brick-by-brick and moving it to Nashville:

https://slate.com/business/2019/04/graceland-memphis-elvis-presley-tax-exemptions.html

Edited April 10, 2019 by fishsticks176

[smeagolsfree]

Sorry, they can keep anything Elvis related there. 

[Buildtall]

3 minutes ago, smeagolsfree said:

Sorry, they can keep anything Elvis related there. 

I totally agree

[titanhog]

What type of impact will the Urban Land Institute spring meeting have on Nashville?  I see that 4,300 people have already signed up...from 50 different nations.  Will this result in direct development for Nashville...and how much?

[Mr_Bond]

2 hours ago, titanhog said:

What type of impact will the Urban Land Institute spring meeting have on Nashville?  I see that 4,300 people have already signed up...from 50 different nations.  Will this result in direct development for Nashville...and how much?

From one of my posts about 10 days ago with additions:

Update on the Urban Land Institute spring meeting in Nashville the last week of April:  I spoke with a ULI member this past weekend who has helped organize some events.  He said the Nashville members of the 35-45 year olds in ULI organized a barbecue for 250 people in this age group who will be attending.  It sold out in 3 hours.

The ULI arranged 12 different tours of Nashville covering various aspects of the city.  These tours run every day of the meeting all day long.  All tours are completely full.

These 4,300 people represent the biggest national and global players in the world of urban living: REITs, private investors, city managers and planners, architects, and more.  As the article says, these people are coming to Nashville to see first-hand what all the talk is about.  Many will be looking to see if Nashville checks the boxes on their decision-making spreadsheets.   I think this meeting could help boost another round of major development for our city in the second half of 2019 and through 2020.

[markhollin]

Ranking of Nashville area's largest tourist attractions by paid admissions.

More behind the NBJ paywall here:

https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/subscriber-only/2019/04/12/largest-tourist-attractions-in.html?ana=e_ph&u=blTR7Dj233GiBQ74JyYK0Q09b4ecfd&t=1555071850&j=87777541

 

[titanhog]

^^That's some big numbers at the CMHoF.  And...402 full time employees?  Why would they need that many full time employees?

[TheRaglander]

I look at that list and think, "it must be great to be an old person who loves walking around old buildings!"  

When visiting family friends at Fairfield Glade in Crossville (a mega empty-nester community) I remember seeing all these bus-tour events that traveled to Nashville to hit many of those spots above, especially the Country Music Hall of Fame.  While I think this is a great list for out of towners, Nashville doesn't offer much for families.  The Zoo is pretty good (twice a year MAX) and the Science Center needs to update their exhibits.  I know I am preaching to the choir here... but if we still had Opry Land that would have brought so many families back into Nashville and with the growth in tourism and population to the mid-state... who knows what hotel growth that would have created. 

Think about it for a moment... when Opry Land was big, downtown Nashville was still sketchy and didn't draw a lot of tourists.  NOW look at Nashville.  With the influx of 20-somethings and it becoming a "destination city", Opry Land would be a MASSIVE success.  You'd think many more hotels would be needed... maybe the ones built recently would be taller?   Anyways...  I know no one will build an amusement park from scratch these days but it would be so successful in Nashville.