"The music culture and community in Nashville, we're a place that people want to play," Kells said. Video: Arena goes from hockey to concert to rodeo Impressive, yes, but also, just another day in Smashville. venues with show and concert ticket sales by hosting 40 sold-out shows in 2019, but Sports Business Journal announced Monday that the city of Nashville was selected as the Best Sports City in the U.S. Not only did the arena earn a Top 10 spot in Pollstar's top U.S. In 2019 alone, the Predators and Bridgestone Arena created an economic impact of $676 million from their home at 501 Broadway, and as the second-to-last week of the decade arrived, word came of two more honors. A finalist for the Pollstar Arena of the Year for 13 consecutive years, the facility took home the top prize in 20, and Kells himself was also named Venue Executive of the Year in 2017 in the midst of seven-career nominations. With those moments also come recognitions, and Bridgestone Arena has earned plenty of accolades along the way. We're just four walls and some seats until the athletes or the performers or whoever it might be, take the stage or take the ice to create a great memory for people."Ĭountless amounts of those moments have taken place in the last 10 years in the form of Garth Brooks concerts, SEC Championship Basketball matchups, three games of the Stanley Cup Final and so many more. I say all the time, nobody comes to Bridgestone Arena on a day when we don't have something. "The fans are coming out and supporting those events, and the touring folks go where they know they can be successful. "We used to do 40-some non-hockey events a year, and now we're up to 70 to 100 non-hockey events a year," Predators and Bridgestone Arena Senior Vice President of Entertainment and Marketing David Kells said.
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