Nashville Bits and Pieces

[markhollin]

Details announced for Nashville's hosting of the NFL Draft April 25-27th:

- Primarily at the end of lower Broadway near the Cumberland River. An enormous stage will be constructed at the intersection of First Avenue and Broadway.

- Large viewing screens will be arranged all along lower Broadway and Nashville Convention and Visitors Corp. President and CEO Butch Spyridon said the expectation is that the crowd will swell to tens of thousands. Officials are prepared for the crowd to go all the way to 5th Ave. It could max out at 100,000.

- On the east bank, adjacent to Nissan Stadium,  a draft village will be set up called the NFL Draft Experience with a litany of interactive games, food trucks, and more live music.  The area will include an autograph stage with current players and legends, interactive games including football clinics and a Play 60 Zone for small fans. The Lombardi Trophy will be on display for photographs, a large merchandise shop will be constructed and a tailgate area will feature both Nashville restaurants and Bud Light Bars.

- The event will also feature two huge music stages – one on each side of the river – for live music. Names of the artists who will perform during the draft, including performances during the television broadcasts, have not been released.  The lineup will include A-list acts and cover multiple genres to highlight all the best Nashville has to offer.

- In Nashville, all fans can attend all events free of charge, and can claim spots to watch on a first-come, first-served basis.

- NFL teams will set up shop at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center, which will be closed to the public, where the behind-the-scenes draft operation will actually take place.

- The NFL claims this will be the largest footprint ever created where fans will be able to participate in various free and interactive elements within the NFL Draft Experience

- Three television networks – ABC, ESPN and the NFL Network – will simulcast all three of the first rounds of the draft. Between television viewers and fans streaming online, the draft is viewed by millions of people.

- To help pay for the costs of hosting the draft, the 2019 NFL Draft Organizing Committee, led by Maylor Briley, former Gov. Bill Haslam, Titans owner Amy Adams Strunk, Titans CEO and President Steve Underwood and Nissan senior vice president for sales, marketing and operations Dan Mohnke has raised $2 million. Those funds come from corporate sponsors and will help defray the costs to the city, Spyridon said.

More at The Tennessean here:

https://www.tennessean.com/story/sports/nfl/draft2019/2019/01/30/nfl-draft-2019-nashville-broadway-nissan-stadium-experience/2705852002/

[titanhog]

Screen shot from the NFL draft info video.

 

[MLBrumby]

Nashvillians, I wonder sometimes if you good people know what's about to happen to your beautiful city. Here's the 'one' before 'the one' before 'the last one'... and it's not even up and running. More on Alliance Bernstein, and their very huge plans for Nashville... https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/2019/01/28/alliancebernstein-bring-private-wealth-group-nashville-considers-local-investment-team-ceo-says/2702244002/

AllianceBernstein, a New York-based global investment management firm moving its headquarters to Nashville, is planning a private wealth group in Nashville and is considering adding a local investment team, according to CEO Seth Bernstein.

The firm announced in May that it expects to bring 1,050 jobs to Nashville in a $70 million investment. 

[MidTenn1]

40 minutes ago, MLBrumby said:

Nashvillians, I wonder sometimes if you good people know what's about to happen to your beautiful city. Here's the 'one' before 'the one' before 'the last one'... and it's not even up and running. More on Alliance Bernstein, and their very huge plans for Nashville... https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/2019/01/28/alliancebernstein-bring-private-wealth-group-nashville-considers-local-investment-team-ceo-says/2702244002/

AllianceBernstein, a New York-based global investment management firm moving its headquarters to Nashville, is planning a private wealth group in Nashville and is considering adding a local investment team, according to CEO Seth Bernstein.

The firm announced in May that it expects to bring 1,050 jobs to Nashville in a $70 million investment. 

From the article...referring to Nashville.

Quote

"We think there are real growth opportunities here."

Above and beyond what's already going on?

[markhollin]

Nashville's hotel boom is continuing onward...

https://www.tennessean.com/story/money/2019/01/31/hotel-nashville-tourism-real-estate-investment/2666998002/
 

[markhollin]

Nashville's construction rush continues:

“The banks tapped the brakes and said, ‘We’re overbuilt here, so let’s slow down the lending.’ It seemed like it was flattening out a little bit in our business,” says Wood Caldwell, a principal at Southeast Venture, a brokerage and developer.

“Until Amazon came along,” Caldwell added. “The optimism, it just spiked back up.”

Turner Construction's  forecast also strikes a positive tone: “The volume of large construction activity continues to rise in Nashville across multiple market segments and will remain healthy through 2019. The full impact of the Amazon announcement remains to be seen but has already contributed to optimism around projects in the preconstruction pipeline launching in 2019.”

The boom has become so pervasive that Caldwell expects “in all these fringe areas, that’s where the most growth is going to occur” — speaking of places such as Donelson or Charlotte Park, in West Nashville.

“Because of the jobs that have been created, there will be more emphasis in the residential portion of the commercial development than before,” Caldwell said. “We still have all these people moving into town.”

As for the big question of when the blitz of construction will slow, Caldwell chuckled.

“I don’t know,” he said. “I can’t answer that.”

More behind the NBJ paywall here:

https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2019/01/31/breaking-new-ground-nashville-projects-to-watch-in.html?iana=hpmvp_nsh_news_headline

[markhollin]

More renderings of how the NFL Draft event sites will look April 25-27, 2019:

 

 

[nashvylle]

nice shot of downtown from 2005

[MLBrumby]

Anyone watch the Top Chef episode from Music City? As usual, OLD pics of the city. The downtown shots they used were (what?) 8 years old... the Pinnacle building was u/c and on like the fourth floor. The CMHOF was in its original iteration and they used photos of the old convention center. Ridiculous, but I blame the Chamber of Commerce, or whatever department worked with the show's producers. You have to INSIST they use recent shots. The city has changed so much. 

[BnaBreaker]

1 hour ago, MLBrumby said:

Anyone watch the Top Chef episode from Music City? As usual, OLD pics of the city. The downtown shots they used were (what?) 8 years old... the Pinnacle building was u/c and on like the fourth floor. The CMHOF was in its original iteration and they used photos of the old convention center. Ridiculous, but I blame the Chamber of Commerce, or whatever department worked with the show's producers. You have to INSIST they use recent shots. The city has changed so much. 

 

Yeah, I was pretty annoyed too.  I think it's safe to say that the best of Nashville was definitely NOT on display in that episode.  It didn't make us look bad by any means, but still, if you're using a pre-Pinnacle skyline shot then you might as well be using a skyline shot from the mid-nineties, and as you said, the city has changed SO much since then.   There were, however, some nice views of the city from the judging table at the end of the show from their perch in Sky restaurant.

[21jump]

1 hour ago, BnaBreaker said:

 

Yeah, I was pretty annoyed too.  I think it's safe to say that the best of Nashville was definitely NOT on display in that episode.  It didn't make us look bad by any means, but still, if you're using a pre-Pinnacle skyline shot then you might as well be using a skyline shot from the mid-nineties, and as you said, the city has changed SO much since then.   There were, however, some nice views of the city from the judging table at the end of the show from their perch in Sky restaurant.

I was watching the first Preds game on NBCSN this season and they showed a skyline shot with the Pinnacle building under construction. To make matters worse, it was a night video that lead you to believe that it was a live shot of downtown. I was surprised that they kept videos for that long. They did show some updated shots later on in the broadcast.

[bigeasy]

On ‎1‎/‎31‎/‎2019 at 11:43 AM, nashvylle said:

nice shot of downtown from 2005

I will never understand how some people get social media jobs. Nashville Tennessee twitter recently posted an image of downtown that didn't show any of SOBRO and 505 wasn't even complete.

[markhollin]

A bit more background on plans for the NFL Draft in downtown Nashville set for April 25-27 at NBJ here:

https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2019/02/04/scouting-report-what-to-expect-when-the-nfl.html?iana=hpmvp_nsh_news_headline

This graph compiled for the article compares the amount of spending generated at the last two NFL Drafts with other Nashville events in the same years:

 

[fishsticks176]

10 hours ago, bigeasy said:

I will never understand how some people get social media jobs. Nashville Tennessee twitter recently posted an image of downtown that didn't show any of SOBRO and 505 wasn't even complete.

At least it was the right city. 

The Nashville Instagram page a couple months ago erroneously posted a picture of the Melbourne skyline with the Central Tower front and center. Also, here's a US News listicle that uses a shot of Beale Street for Nashville. 

[MLBrumby]

On 2/4/2019 at 3:42 PM, markhollin said:

A bit more background on plans for the NFL Draft in downtown Nashville set for April 25-27 at NBJ here:

https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2019/02/04/scouting-report-what-to-expect-when-the-nfl.html?iana=hpmvp_nsh_news_headline

This graph compiled for the article compares the amount of spending generated at the last two NFL Drafts with other Nashville events in the same years:

 

Cool! Any stats available on number of expected visitors from out of town?  Does anyone think this could serve as a prelim run for a future Super Bowl? 

[markhollin]

Some encouraging words from AllianceBernstein's Adam Sansiveri, who is heading up their Private Wealth Management office for Nashville:

"AllianceBernstein is investing so much into this city," Sansiveri said in an exclusive interview with the Nashville Business Journal. "It's fun to get to come in and build around the city. … If it wasn't Nashville, I wouldn't have moved."

Sansiveri, who helped launched Bernstein's sports, media and entertainment group, said it's not immediately clear how large his local team will be, with that growth dependent on the demand Bernstein receives not just in Nashville but also in surrounding cities and states.

"There's not a firm in Nashville like Bernstein … and by the end of this year, we'll be rocking and rolling," Sansiveri said.

More behind the NBJ paywall here:

https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2019/02/06/heres-who-will-lead-alliancebernsteins-nashville.html?iana=hpmvp_nsh_news_headline

[grilled_cheese]

Another mention of Brooklyn Bowl heading to Nashville

http://www.ampthemag.com/the-real/is-peter-shapiro-making-some-seriously-heavy-power-moves/

[e-dub]

6 minutes ago, grilled_cheese said:

Another mention of Brooklyn Bowl heading to Nashville

http://www.ampthemag.com/the-real/is-peter-shapiro-making-some-seriously-heavy-power-moves/

I thought this was already inked?

[Guest]

That is interesting news ... I wonder where Brooklyn bowl would land? With AEG in NY Inwould think BB would want some distance.

[grilled_cheese]

1 hour ago, e-dub said:

I thought this was already inked?

I don't think it was ever official.  If you search for brooklyn bowl + nashville there are a lot of articles that pop up from '16 but they read "bb is eyeing" this location, etc.

[e-dub]

Yep, that sounds about right, @grilled_cheese.

[smeagolsfree]

I think they were going in SoBro where Durys was.

[MidTenn1]

From the US News and World Report is their list of the best hotels in Tennessee. You can guess which city dominates the list, but the order of ranking is interesting.

1. The Hermitage - Nashville
2. Blackberry Farm - Walland in east Tennessee
3. The Peabody - Memphis
4. Hutton Hotel - Nashville
5. Big Cypress Lodge - Memphis
6. The Tennessean - Knoxville
7. Union Station - Nashville
8. River Inn of Harbor Town - Memphis
9. Kimpton Aertson - Nashville
10. The Fairlane - Nashville
11. Thompson - Nashville
12. Omni - Nashville
13. Noelle - Nashville
14. Bobby - Nashville
15. Indigo Downtown - Nashville

[Guest]

Just read about this in the Tennessean...a 7,500 seat amphitheater in Will Co... Live Nation will do the bookings

https://www.graystonequarry.com/amphitheater/

 

[Guest]

This infuriates me and It reinforces every negative opinion I have about strong-arm government/bureaucratic tactics...

Chicago's disappearing cars

 

Thousands Of Chicagoans Wake Up To Missing Cars – CBS Chicago chicago.cbslocal.com Thousands Of Chicagoans Wake Up To Missing Cars CHICAGO (CBS)–Imagine coming out of your house to go to work, but your car is nowhere to be seen. Thousands of Chicagoans have found themselves in this position over the last few months, but it’s not because they were parked illegally. In the dead of winter, a disappearing act is happening across the city.

City workers are allowed to tow vehicles in their way, leaving some car owners in the cold. Jordan Zeman discovered his car missing one morning. “My first immediate thought was, ‘it’s stolen,’ so I think I stood there for a while thinking, ‘what do I do now? Like do I call the police?’” Her mind racing, Zeman considered the city auto pound. Her missing car was puzzling because there were no warning signs in the Humboldt Park neighborhood where the car had been parked. “I thought I was nuts,” Zeman said. “I thought this was weird. I don’t know if this is something that happens to people?” She’s certainly not alone. Data shows 4,756 people came outside to find empty parking spots, during just the past three months. That’s about 52 cars moved every day by the city, according to data from the Department of Streets and Sanitation. Over a 90 day period, 444 vehicles were towed for a TV shoot. Recently on Leavitt Street, three cars went missing for “filming reasons.” but no signs warning drivers of restrictions were found posted on the street. In the same neighborhood, 600 vehicles were towed for “forestry” relocation. CBS 2 found  found some cars dropped more than three miles away. Data shows 516 cars were moved for “water management” work; 244 were moved for People’s Gas; and another 1,105 were simply classified “other.” Almost half of the relocations occurred between 5 and 10 a.m., the data shows. Zeman’s car wound up a few blocks away on Hirsch and Artesian—a headscratcher. “That was a huge relief,” she said. “Having no note and no indication of why it happened was really bizarre.” A spokesperson for the Department of Streets and Sanitation said moving cars is “absolutely necessary” to keep the city up and running. The city says vehicle relocations are usually done with advance warning, but emergencies sometimes pop up. There is not data to show how many cars were moved without notice. Sometimes there are signs posted to warn of city work but other times, cars are moved without warning.  If a car is moved, the city doesn’t provide a note, e-mail or call to inform the car owner. The city says motorists can call 311 or check their website. There are no fines for residents whose cars are moved. Lauren Victory

Edited February 9, 2019 by Guest