Lights Out in Downtown Nashville

Floodwaters from the swollen Cumberland River are receding in Nashville. Several businesses are damaged in the historic downtown known for its honky-tonk live music bars, but even those that aren’t badly flooded won’t be up and running for awhile.

Power is out and will remain out for several days in the tourist district along lower Broadway. An underground electrical substation in the area is badly damaged. Adam Hessler manages the Cadillac Ranch bar. Every day he’s closed, he loses thousands of dollars. The bar did get some water, but he’d hoped to open his doors anyway.

“Even with the basement I was like okay once we get this pumped out we’ll be good to go to open today and then when came in today power’s out and its like…not going to happen.”

Power is also out at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center and Bridgestone Arena.