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East Bank

Prominent member of Nashville mayor’s office to step down

By Cynthia Abrams

September 25, 2025

A top adviser in the Nashville mayor’s office is leaving his role.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: Bob Mendes, East Bank, East Bank Development, Freddie O'Connell, Mayor O'Connell

Titans reach halfway point of construction on new enclosed stadium

By Teresa M. Walker, AP

September 11, 2025

The Tennessee Titans are at the halfway point of building their new Nissan Stadium. And Titans president and CEO Burke Nihill said that 70% of the building has been sold thanks to 70% of season ticket holders carrying over commitments from the current stadium.

Filed Under: Sports, WPLN News Tagged With: Burke Nihill, East Bank, Nissan Stadium, Tennessee Titans

What kind of street will anchor Nashville’s East Bank? Advocates push for changes to Metro’s vision

By Cynthia Abrams

August 21, 2025

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East Bank Boulevard — the street that will one day serve as a major corridor in Nashville’s future East Bank neighborhood — is causing debate. Metro has put forth a six-lane proposal, which pedestrian and bicycle advocates say is unsafe.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: civic design center, East Bank, East Bank Boulevard, East Bank Development, Freddie O'Connell, mayor freddie o'connell, Meredith Montgomery, Southern Environmental Law Center, Think Tennessee, Veronica Foster, Walk Bike Nashville

Nearly two years in, early skeptics help steer East Bank and stadium projects forward

By Cynthia Abrams

January 2, 2025

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2025 will mark two years since Nashville passed what was one of the nation’s largest-ever sports subsidies. That contentious deal for a new Tennessee Titans stadium was tied to another major project: development of the East Bank. Here’s where the projects stand.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: 2024 Year in Review, East Bank, East Bank Development, Nissan Stadium, Tennessee Titans, Titans stadium

NashVillager Podcast: Fundamental change in store for the East Bank

By Tony GonzalezandNina Cardona

November 12, 2024

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Why did Nashville ever let the East Bank get so industrial, anyway? Plus the local news for Nov. 12, 2024.

Filed Under: History, NashVillager Podcast, WPLN News Tagged With: downtown Nashville, East Bank, history, PSC Metals

With a lot at stake for Nashville’s East Bank redevelopment, oversight will come from a new Authority

By Cynthia Abrams

August 21, 2024

The board that will oversee Nashville’s East Bank has officially been created. Nashville’s Metro Council voted to approve the East Bank Development Authority on Tuesday.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: 113th Tennessee General Assembly, East Bank, East Bank Development, state legislature, Tennessee Legislature

NashVillager Podcast: Lasting effects of a longtime dumping ground

By Nina Cardona

July 30, 2024

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For generations — and again right now — residents of the Bordeaux neighborhood have been battling against landfill proposals. Plus the local news for July 30, 2024.

Filed Under: Environment, History, NashVillager Podcast, WPLN News Tagged With: Bordeaux, East Bank, landfill, Nissan Stadium

Here’s how project leaders expect the East Bank to unfold

By Cynthia Abrams

April 21, 2024

As it is now, the east bank of the Cumberland River in downtown Nashville consists of the soon-to-be-replaced Nissan Stadium, a sea of concrete and not much else. But, that’s not for long.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: East Bank, East Bank Development, Nissan Stadium, Tennessee Performing Arts Center, Titans stadium, TPAC

NashVillager Podcast: April 18, 2024

By Nina Cardona

April 18, 2024

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What’s next for Nashville’s East Bank? 

Filed Under: Metro, NashVillager Podcast, WPLN News Tagged With: East Bank, East Bank Development, Freddie O'Connell

Nashvillians across the political spectrum approve of Mayor Freddie O’Connell. Fewer of them know about his specific projects.

By Cynthia Abrams

April 4, 2024

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Just six months after taking office, Mayor Freddie O’Connell is seeing high approval from Nashvillians across the political aisle. That’s according to the latest Vanderbilt Poll about city subjects.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: affordable housing, Bristol Motor Speedway, crime, East Bank, East Bank Development, Education, Fairgrounds racetrack, Freddie O'Connell, growth and development, Nashville Fairgrounds, Vanderbilt, Vanderbilt Poll

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