Nashville Bits and Pieces

[HGMIII]

Nashville and Atlanta are both candidates for G-Fiber.  Nashville beat Atlanta by 2 weeks for submitting their checklist.  Nashville has already been working on their Development Plan whereas Atlanta will start their plan by the end of the month, per my Google insider

Nashville council members have approved Google to place Fiber Huts around the city, huts will be 20' x 11' and will be placed in urban areas to ensure strong network connectivity around the city.  An example would be on a GHut in the corner parking spot of a covered parking deck

[dxfret]

Do we have information as to when the "Stix" art sculpture will be installed on the KVB/8th Ave. roundabout next to the Music City Center?

[TNinVB]

Do we have information as to when the "Stix" art sculpture will be installed on the KVB/8th Ave. roundabout next to the Music City Center?

Man I totally forgot about this. Who is in charge of this happening?

[smeagolsfree]

I think it is being assembled by the artist wherever that is supposed to be.

[MLBrumby]

With Nascar's popularity flat and gone from Nashville, that could be an opportunity for the NSS (still don't know how they can call this a superspeedway)... as this has the potential to be a Road Atlanta type of attraction.  It also seems like the price is really good.  Also, I know a member of the family who has been working to get open wheel races there, but I don't know if this deal here shuts them out (I'll have to bring that up next time). 

 

Suggestion: Don't bother trying to get Nascar (sorry Matt Kenseth), beckon F1 with a new track on all that land around the oval?  Probably would fit Nashville's new image better... like the Austin GP. I know it's a long, long shot. 

 

http://www.tennessean.com/story/money/2014/05/29/nashville-superspeedway-sale-dover-motorsports-nexovation/9710891/

[titanhog]

I have a question for you guys.  What would it take to give Nashville's skyline an iconic look?  Something that people would see and instantly know it's Nashville...similar to the Arch in St. Louis...GGBride in SF...Space Needle in Seattle, etc.

 

I know the "Batman" building kinda does that...but surely there will be a building or structure come along someday to beat that.  I realize the Ryman is iconic...but it's not easily viewable.  The KVB bridge looks nice...but is similar to many other bridges around the world.

 

Would it ever be worth it for the city to invest in some type of iconic structure...ala the Arch?

[satalac]

I have a question for you guys. What would it take to give Nashville's skyline an iconic look? Something that people would see and instantly know it's Nashville...similar to the Arch in St. Louis...GGBride in SF...Space Needle in Seattle, etc.

I know the "Batman" building kinda does that...but surely there will be a building or structure come along someday to beat that. I realize the Ryman is iconic...but it's not easily viewable. The KVB bridge looks nice...but is similar to many other bridges around the world.

Would it ever be worth it for the city to invest in some type of iconic structure...ala the Arch?

Strings....

[satalac]

With Nascar's popularity flat and gone from Nashville, that could be an opportunity for the NSS (still don't know how they can call this a superspeedway)... as this has the potential to be a Road Atlanta type of attraction. It also seems like the price is really good. Also, I know a member of the family who has been working to get open wheel races there, but I don't know if this deal here shuts them out (I'll have to bring that up next time).

Suggestion: Don't bother trying to get Nascar (sorry Matt Kenseth), beckon F1 with a new track on all that land around the oval? Probably would fit Nashville's new image better... like the Austin GP. I know it's a long, long shot.

http://www.tennessean.com/story/money/2014/05/29/nashville-superspeedway-sale-dover-motorsports-nexovation/9710891/

I wouldn't say Nashville is over NASCAR. Dover never gave the speedway a chance.

I think this will be geared more towards an interactive experience, which would be really cool. I know a lot of guys on the local car forum that are drooling at the possibilities.

[nashvillwill]

I would absolutely LOVE to see an urban road course in downtown Nashville. I think F1 would be a good contender as well as the American LeMans series. The course I envision is basically this;

-Start/Finish on Vietnam Vets in front of the MCC

-rt on 6th through the tunnel

-rt on Demonbreun

-lt on 4th

-rt on Broadway

-rt on 2nd

-rt on Demonbreun (or Malloy)

-lt on 3rd

-lt on VV across the bridge (straightaway)

-lt in LP Field parking (long sweeping turns)

-rt back onto bridge

-chicane at midpoint of bridge

-straight on to start/finish

I would go bonkers if this actually happened!

Edited May 31, 2014 by nashvillwill

[MLBrumby]

Don't know if anyone has mentioned this proposed hotel to go into the vacant (former Regions Bank) building at 401 Union Street.  Apparently, there was a title dispute that delayed this project.  So the rumors we've been hearing were apparently true. 

 

From Getahn Ward at the Tennessean...  http://www.tennessean.com/story/money/real-estate/2014/05/30/former-bank-office-union-converting-hotel/9779301/

[smeagolsfree]

I have this on my master list for renovation. I have heard it was moving forward. This was mentioned 3 or 4 years ago. Glad to see another vacant building reused.

[UTgrad09]

4th Ave could have a nice little row of hotels in a few years.

[CenterHill]

Indigo

This one 401

Doubletree

Hermitage

and...

Best Western!

Oh sorry, you said 4th ave.

I was going down Union.

Edited May 31, 2014 by CenterHill

[UTgrad09]

Well, if you include 4th and 3rd Aves from Commerce to Deaderick...

 

Currently:

DoubleTree

Hotel Indigo

Courtyard 

 

Potentially:

Noel Place

21c Museum

401 Union

 

It should have a bit of a different vibe than the hotel cluster that will eventually surround the convention center.

[smeagolsfree]

You can add another one potentially. There is a plan to convert the old Wells Fargo building to a hotel or condos.

[smeagolsfree]

Very cool craft brewery tours coming.

http://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/blog/2014/06/nc-based-craft-brew-tour-company-launching-tours.html

[Griz83]

I've been on that tour in Asheville.  Looking forward to giving it a go here.  FYI, Brews Cruise had a tour here in 2008 which closed when the local owner was called to active military duty.

[rookzie]

UTK really needs to improve their presence in Nashville.

For sure.

 

Yes, I attended some of the last classes offered at UTN in 1977-79 (in the old building across from the Episcopal church on Broadway and Ninth Ave., and at the current TSU Avon Williams campus, originally the new UTNashv'l complex.

 

That judge who made that decision to force UT out of Nashv'l should've been shot.  I'll say it anyway ─ I'm black, and that ill-conceived decision to maintain only a single State-run 4-year institution of higher learning in the city, with the intended effect to equalize racial enrollment at TSU was just downright ignorant.

 

As UTN students "stuck on the bus between drivers", so to speak, had to choose whether we wanted our transcripts maintained as TSU or as UTK records.  All my senses and myself elected overwhelmingly to choose UTK (although I simply had been taking transferable electives to be applied at another school).

 

-=ricky-roox=-

Edited June 8, 2014 by rookzie

[MidTenn1]

In case you wanted to know what the NFL expects of a City when they host the Super Bowl, read this...

 

Some highlights:

 

• Free police escorts for team owners
• Use of Presidential suites at the city's top hotels at no-cost
• 35,000 free parking spaces
• All revenue from ticket sales to the game
• Free curbside parking at the NFL House, a "high-end, exclusive drop-in hospitality facility for our most valued and influential guests to meet, unwind, network and conduct business."
• Local police dedicated to anti-counterfeit enforcement, provided at no cost
• Installation of ATM machines at the stadium that accept NFL preferred credit and debit cards, along with the removal of ATMs that "conflict with preferred payment services."
• Two top quality bowling venues for an NFL celebrity bowling event
• Portable cell phone towers
• Free promotional space from local newspapers and radio stations for the "NFL Experience" in the month before the game
• Creation of "clean zones" around the stadium and the hotel for NFL execs that prevent "certain activities" as well as suspend new and existing permits for those activities
• Free access to three top golf courses in the months before the game
• Exemption from state, county and municipal taxes

Nashville could provide every thing except the weather, but i don't see it happening.

[dmillsphoto]

In case you wanted to know what the NFL expects of a City when they host the Super Bowl, read this...

 

Some highlights:

 

• Free police escorts for team owners
• Use of Presidential suites at the city's top hotels at no-cost
• 35,000 free parking spaces
• All revenue from ticket sales to the game
• Free curbside parking at the NFL House, a "high-end, exclusive drop-in hospitality facility for our most valued and influential guests to meet, unwind, network and conduct business."
• Local police dedicated to anti-counterfeit enforcement, provided at no cost
• Installation of ATM machines at the stadium that accept NFL preferred credit and debit cards, along with the removal of ATMs that "conflict with preferred payment services."
• Two top quality bowling venues for an NFL celebrity bowling event
• Portable cell phone towers
• Free promotional space from local newspapers and radio stations for the "NFL Experience" in the month before the game
• Creation of "clean zones" around the stadium and the hotel for NFL execs that prevent "certain activities" as well as suspend new and existing permits for those activities
• Free access to three top golf courses in the months before the game
• Exemption from state, county and municipal taxes

Nashville could provide every thing except the weather, but i don't see it happening.

 

Seriously? I'd say no on principal of ego alone.

[nashvillwill]

"Clean zones" that prevent "certain activities".

I wonder what that means.

[timmay143]

Wow, never thought about it or realized the demands of the NFL for a superbowl.

[fieldmarshaldj]

"Clean zones" that prevent "certain activities".

I wonder what that means.

I guess that means on NFL Sunday, it's REALLY gonna be hard out there for a pimp.

[captainwjm]

 

That judge who made that decision to force UT out of Nashv'l should've been shot. 

Given current events and attitudes, this type of hyperbole should not be used in this, or any other forum.

[HGMIII]

Super Bowl also provides about $400-$600 million economic impact for a city, which far out weights their demands.