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| | | 🏈 The Super Bowl Is Coming to Nashville | It’s official: Nashville will host the Super Bowl in 2030 for the first time. “Hosting the Super Bowl, one of the largest events in the world, is a milestone moment for Nashville and Tennessee and reflects how far our city has come over the last several decades,” said Nashville Convention & Visitors Corp CEO Deana Ivey. Construction on the new Nissan Stadium should be finished by Feb. 2027. [Nashville Scene; 🔐 Nashville Business Journal] | | | Are you excited, ambivalent, or annoyed about the Super Bowl coming to Nashville? Let me know what you think, and why! | | |
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| | | America the Beautiful: National Parks & Landmarks by Rail | May 2 – September 6 | All aboard! With 10 trains, 850 feet of track, and 25 iconic American destinations, this is Cheekwood’s largest outdoor train exhibit yet. Travel from coast to coast — no suitcase required. From the Statue of Liberty to the Golden Gate Bridge, each miniature model is a masterpiece of botanical architecture handcrafted from plant materials. Cheekwood’s permanent TRAINS! exhibit is also open, doubling the fun. |
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| What Nashville's Talking About |
| | 🏙️ Where To Go in the Gulch | The Gulch was once just a railroad gully, and now it’s full of gleaming highrises and rooftop bars. On today’s podcast, Jamaican DJ and proud Gulch resident merchant tells us where to go and what to do in this trendy neighborhood, from his favorite morning coffee spot to the local nightclub where he loves to perform. [🎧 City Cast Nashville] | | 🛣️ What Could Jefferson Street Look Like? | The Jefferson Street Corridor Study proposes transforming the historic street from a car-centered roadway into a pedestrian-friendly corridor connecting neighborhoods. The proposal includes wider sidewalks, improved street crossings, more trees, public gathering spaces, and potentially bike and pedestrian bridges. While Jefferson Street was once a thriving cultural center, the 1960s construction of Interstate 40, which cut through North Nashville, displaced families and closed many businesses. [NewsChannel 5] | | | ✈️ BNA Ends Disability Program | Nashville International Airport has ended one of its BNA Cares programs, which allowed disabled veterans to park for free at the airport for up to 10 days. An airport spokesperson says it violated a federal law, though other airports have kept similar programs. Long-term parking in a BNA accessible garage space currently costs $33 a day. [NewsChannel 5] | | | 🧑⚖️ Challenges To Redistricting Get Consolidated | At the request of state attorneys, three legal challenges to Tennessee’s redrawn congressional maps are being merged into one. Chief U.S. District Judge William Campbell, Jr., a Pres. Trump appointee, has been assigned the consolidated challenges. A hearing for a fourth challenge is scheduled for May 21. [Tennessee Lookout] | - Republican state Rep. Scott DesJarlais (District 4) told reporters, “If the president hadn’t asked that to happen [redistricting], it probably wouldn’t have.” [NOTUS]
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