Nashville May Be On A ‘Short List’ To Be A Regular NRA Convention Host

The National Rifle Association may host its annual convention in Nashville on a rotating basis, according to the city’s top tourism official.

Nashville Convention and Visitors Corporation CEO Butch Spyridon says the city is on the NRA’s short list to be a regular host.

“They would like to maybe find 4 or 5 cities and just rotate among them. And we are in consideration in that 4 or 5,” Spyridon says. “We have not submitted anything yet, but we certainly would talk to them.”

70,000 people came to the NRA convention in April, making it the Music City Center’s most attended event. It marked the second highest attendance in the NRA convention’s 144-year history.

Spyridon says he knows not all were happy the city hosted the pro-gun event, but says that his job is to bring people, hotel rooms and sales tax to Nashville.

“We stay out of politics, we welcome their money,” says Spyridon.

The NRA would not confirm a plan for rotating host cities, though a spokesman did say the group enjoyed holding its event in Nashville this spring.