Is Major League Baseball on the horizon? Women’s basketball? Nascar?
Today we check in on the professional sports eco-system in Nashville: baseball, football, soccer, how far hockey has come — and the $2 billion dome going up for a team that’s coming off one of its worst seasons to date.
This episode was produced by Mary Mancini.
Guests:
- Emma May-Bradley, Co-founder, Playmakers; sports marketing professional
- David Boclair, Veteran Nashville sports reporter, host of First & Tenn pod and Digital Producer for Nashville Banner
- Will General, Director of Marketing, Music City Baseball
- Johari Matthews, Vice President & Executive Director of ONE Community & Titans Foundation, Board of Directors, Playmakers
- Nate Rau, Axios Nashville
- Erin Ryder, Professor of Practice, Department of Sport Administration, Belmont University; Co-founder, Playmakers
Further reading:
- NBC SPORTS: NFL attendance drops by 0.8 percent (Titans lead with a 9.1% decrease)
- WSMV: WNBA rejects bid for Nashville team
- YAHOO SPORTS: Tennessee Titans have 3rd cheapest NFL gameday experience for families
- WSMV: Nashville Predators looking to take over operations at Centennial Sportsplex
- WPLN: For baseball historian Skip Nipper, talking to lifelong fans inspires hope of a major league team coming to Nashville
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