#1 of 30 Things To Do in Nashville
LP Field - Tennessee Titans - The Coliseum
Nashville TN
~0.30 miles from Nashville city center
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LP Field is a football stadium in Nashville, Tennessee, United States, used primarily as the home stadium of the NFL's Tennessee Titans, but also used as the home football field for the Tennessee State University Tigers. It is also the site of the Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl, a postseason college football game played each December, and is occasionally used as a venue for soccer matches. LP Field is located on the east bank of the Cumberland River, directly across the river from downtown Nashville.
LP Field is a football stadium in Nashville, Tennessee, United States, owned by the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County.
The stadium is used primarily for sporting events and music concerts and festivals. The stadium is the home field of the NFL's Tennessee Titans and the Tennessee State University Tigers. It is also the site of the Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl, a postseason college football game played each December, and is occasionally used as a venue for soccer matches. The stadium is also used for large concerts such as the CMA Music Festival nightly concerts which take place for four days every June.
The stadium also has numerous public meeting facilities which are used for public events, meetings, parties and gatherings.
LP Field is located on the east bank of the Cumberland River, directly across the river from downtown Nashville. Its seating capacity is slightly under 69,000. Its first event was a preseason game between the Titans and the Atlanta Falcons on August 27, 1999.
The playing surface of LP Field is Tifsport Bermuda Sod, a natural grass. However, the relatively warm climate of Nashville, combined with the wear and tear of hosting a game nearly every weekend, usually results in a resodding of the area "between the hashes" in late November. Despite the efforts to improve the field conditions, the poor quality of the grass has become a complaint of many NFL players, fans, and broadcasters.
http://www.lpfield.com
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#2 of 30 Things To Do in Nashville
Tennessee Performing Arts Center
Nashville TN
~0.35 miles from Nashville city center
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The Tennessee Performing Arts Center, or TPAC, is located in the James K. Polk Cultural Center at 505 Deaderick Street in downtown Nashville, Tennessee, occupying an entire city block between 5th and 6th Avenues North and Deaderick and Union Streets. Also housing the Tennessee State Museum, the cultural center adjoins the 18 story James K. Polk State Office Building.
The idea for a large-scale performing arts facility developed in 1972 when Martha Rivers Ingram was appointed to the advisory board of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC. She proposed a similar center for her home city of Nashville. Ingram's proposal involved a public-private partnership that would operate within a state-owned facility. Her idea met with considerable resistance, but she persevered—for eight years and during the terms of three governors. The result was the Tennessee Performing Arts Center, or TPAC, a three-theater facility located beneath a state office building across the street from the Tennessee State Capitol. [1] In 1981, TPAC opened as the state's premier theater venue.
The performance venues are named for the three Presidents of the United States who hailed from Tennessee: Andrew Jackson Hall (2,472 seats), James K. Polk Theater (1,075 seats) and the Andrew Johnson Theater (256 seats). TPAC also governs the War Memorial Auditorium (1,661 seats), a historic building that anchors War Memorial Plaza across 6th Avenue North from the Center.
Among its many operations, TPAC presents a series of touring Broadway shows and special engagements, and administers a comprehensive education program. Martha Rivers Ingram and her supporters also raised an endowment to defray operating losses and to fund a program that grooms future audiences for TPAC performances. The endowment goal was $3.5 million, and they surpassed it, raising $5 million. Today, the endowment has grown to $20 million. Each year, more than 100,000 students, from kindergarten through 12th grade, are brought to Nashville for performances by Nashville Ballet, the Nashville Opera, and the Tennessee Repertory Theatre, which are all resident performing arts groups of TPAC and provide year-round programming. Other companies also use TPAC's facilities for plays, dance performances, concerts and other cultural programs.
TPAC also hosted the Tennessee Bicentennial Arts and Entertainment Festival in 1996.
The Tennessee Performing Arts Center Management Corporation is governed by a 20-member Board of Directors. Eight of these directors are appointed by the Tennessee Performing Arts Foundation (the Foundation that led the efforts for TPAC and raised an endowment to support TPAC operations). Four Directors are named by the Tennessee Arts Commission and four directors are named by the Governor of Tennessee (one of the Governor's appointees must be the Commissioner of Education of the State of Tennessee (or his/her designate). The TPAC Board itself may elect up to four members. Directors serve for a term of three years. The board usually meets four times each year in Nashville.
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#3 of 30 Things To Do in Nashville
Nashville Convention and Visitor's Bureau
Nashville TN
~0.35 miles from Nashville city center
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Traveler Description: Center for Nashville tourist information.
Attraction type: Tourist/visitor center
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#4 of 30 Things To Do in Nashville
Tennessee State Museum
Nashville TN
~0.36 miles from Nashville city center
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Tennessee State Museum is a large museum in Nashville depicting the history of the U.S. state of Tennessee. Starting from pre-colonization and going all the way to the 20th century, the museum describes the American Civil War, the Frontier, and the Age of Jackson. The museum includes an area of more than 60,000 square feet (5,600 m2) of permanent exhibits and a hall with changing exhibitions covering 10,000 feet (3,000 m). The total ground area of the museum is 120,000 feet (37,000 m) spread over three floors. The museum's collection of uniforms, weapons, and battle flags from the Civil War is one of the largest in the nation.
The museum is situated in the bottom floors of the James K. Polk building in downtown Nashville, a building shared with the Tennessee Performing Arts Center. A new building to house the museum is being planned for the Bicentennial Mall State Park.
The museum also has a military museum describing the country's military conflicts. This exhibition goes from the early battles of the Spanish-American War all the way to World War II. The museum features a museum store offering hand-made crafts, jewelry, and Tennessee memorabilia.
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#5 of 30 Things To Do in Nashville
Tennessee State Capitol
Nashville TN
~0.42 miles from Nashville city center
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The Tennessee State Capitol, located in Nashville, Tennessee, is the home of the Tennessee legislature, the location of the governor's office, and a National Historic Landmark. Designed by William Strickland, it is one of Nashville's most prominent examples of Greek Revival architecture. It is one of only eleven state capitols (along with Delaware, Hawaii, Louisiana, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Alaska and Virginia) that does not feature a dome.
The State Capitol was designed by renowned Philadelphia architect William Strickland, who modeled it after a Greek Ionic temple. The lantern is a copy of the Choragic Monument of Lysicrates in Athens. The cornerstone was laid on July 4, 1845 and the building was completed fourteen years later in 1859.
The American Society of Civil Engineers has listed the building as a civil engineering landmark in recognition of its innovative construction, which made unusually extensive use of stone and was an early example of the use of structural iron. Both the interior and exterior are built with limestone from a quarry about 1 mile (1.6 km) from the site. Some interior columns were built from single pieces of stone, requiring massive wooden derricks to hoist them into place. Wrought iron, instead of wood, was used for the roof trusses to reduce the building's vulnerability to fire.
Strickland died five years before the building's completion and was entombed in its northeast wall. His son, F. W. Strickland, supervised completion of the structure. William Strickland also designed the Egyptian Revival style Downtown Presbyterian Church, formerly known as First Presbyterian Church, Nashville.
Samuel Morgan (1798-1880), chairman of the State Building Commission overseeing the construction of the Tennessee State Capitol, is entombed in the southeast corner near the south entrance.
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#6 of 30 Things To Do in Nashville
Ryman Auditorium
Nashville TN
~0.43 miles from Nashville city center
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The Ryman Auditorium is a 2,362-seat live performance venue located at 116 Fifth Avenue North in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S., and is best-known as the one-time home of the Grand Ole Opry. It was previously known as Grand Old Opry House and also as Union Gospel Tabernacle.
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#7 of 30 Things To Do in Nashville
Hard Rock Cafe
100 Broadway Nashville TN
~0.43 miles from Nashville city center
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Hard Rock Cafe is a chain of Theme Restaurants founded in 1971 by Americans Peter Morton & Isaac Tigrett. The first location opened near Hyde Park Corner in London, England. In 1979, the cafe began covering its walls with rock 'n' roll ephemera, a tradition which expanded to others in the chain. In 2006, Hard Rock was sold to the Seminole Tribe of Florida. Currently, there are 140 Hard Rock locations in over 40 countries.
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#8 of 30 Things To Do in Nashville
Riverfront Park
Nashville TN
~0.44 miles from Nashville city center
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Nashville's Riverfront Park serves as Music City's favorite outdoor venue for concerts, festivals and other special events.
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#9 of 30 Things To Do in Nashville
Downtown Nashville (Neighborhood)
Nashville TN
~0.44 miles from Nashville city center
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#10 of 30 Things To Do in Nashville
Bicentennial Mall State Park
600 James Robertson Pkwy Nashville TN - 615-741-5280
~0.45 miles from Nashville city center
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The Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park is located in the shadow of the State Capitol in downtown Nashville.
Bicentennial Mall State Park is an urban state park located in the shadow of the State Capitol in downtown Nashville, Tennessee.
The 19 acre (77,000 m²) park, designed to complement the Tennessee Capitol Building, gives visitors a taste of Tennessee's history and natural wonder. It opened June 1, 1996 to serve as a lasting monument to Tennessee's Bicentennial celebration.
Park Rangers, well-versed in Tennessee's historical, natural and recreational attractions, are available to conduct organized tours of the park, give programs to large groups or to simply visit with park visitors about the wonders of Tennessee.
The park also includes erupting geyser fountains, each of which represent a river in Tennessee. The fountains are framed by a large wall, next to which a stream runs to represent the Mississippi River. These fountains are frequented in the summer by many children.
The walls that surround the park have, etched into them, a timeline of Tennessee's history.
The park contains a large grass space (the "Mall") that stretches from the outside auditorium situated adjacent to the front plaza on James Robertson Parkway, to a circle of bells that ring on the hour, located at Jefferson Street. Also built was a three-building complex containing the Farmer's Market, an international market, and a building that hosts a weekly flea market, all located off of Rosa L. Parks Boulevard (formerly 8th Avenue).
http://www.tennessee.gov/environment/parks/Bicentennial/
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#11 of 30 Things To Do in Nashville
Hatch Show Print
Nashville TN
~0.46 miles from Nashville city center
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Since 1879, Hatch Show Print has designed and printed posters for the biggest names in music. They have
also supplied the Ryman Auditorium with event posters for over a century.
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#12 of 30 Things To Do in Nashville
Schermerhorn Symphony Center
Nashville TN
~0.47 miles from Nashville city center
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Schermerhorn Symphony Center is a symphony center in downtown Nashville, Tennessee. Ground was broken for construction on December 3, 2003, and the Center formally opened on September 9, 2006, with a gala concert conducted by Leonard Slatkin and broadcast by PBS affiliates throughout the state. The Center is named in honor of Kenneth Schermerhorn, who was the music director and conductor of the Nashville Symphony from 1983 until his death in 2005. The center was named before his death.
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#13 of 30 Things To Do in Nashville
Downtown (Neighborhood)
Nashville TN
~0.50 miles from Nashville city center
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#14 of 30 Things To Do in Nashville
Wildhorse Saloon
120 2nd Ave Nashville TN
~0.50 miles from Nashville city center
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The Wildhorse Saloon is a country/western-themed restaurant, live music venue, and dance club located in downtown Nashville, Tennessee. It is owned by Gaylord Entertainment Company. Originally opened on June 1, 1994 in a converted warehouse, the Wildhorse initially capitalized on the line dancing craze of the early-to-mid-1990s. While it continues to enjoy success as a bar and line dance venue, it has become a successful concert venue in recent years for all genres of music. Because of its downtown location, open bar, large atrium, and permanent stage, the Wildhorse is also often used as a formal banquet hall.
The Wildhorse consists of three levels. The top two levels overlook the dance floor and stage.
The Wildhorse is also commonly known for its extremely large dance floor. Gaylord likes to build everything big, like Opryland, and it has been determined that the dance floor is the largest in the world, at a total 4,982 Square Feet.
In July 2009, The J.C. Andersen Band, became the Wildhorse's house band.
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#15 of 30 Things To Do in Nashville
Ernest Tubb Record Shop
Nashville TN
~0.52 miles from Nashville city center
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#16 of 30 Things To Do in Nashville
Sommet Center - Nashville Predators
Nashville TN
~0.54 miles from Nashville city center
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#17 of 30 Things To Do in Nashville
Bridgestone Arena
501 Broadway Nashville TN - (615) 770-2000
~0.58 miles from Nashville city center
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http://www.bridgestonearena.com
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#18 of 30 Things To Do in Nashville
Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
Nashville TN
~0.68 miles from Nashville city center
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The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum is located at 222 Fifth Avenue South in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Its mission is to identify and preserve the evolving history and traditions of country music and to educate its audiences. Functioning as a local history museum and as an international arts organization, the CMF serves visiting and non-visiting audiences including fans, students, scholars, members of the music industry, and the general public - in the Nashville area, the nation, and world.
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#19 of 30 Things To Do in Nashville
Farmer's Market
Nashville TN
~0.70 miles from Nashville city center
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Find the best organic farms, produce and food in and around the Nashville, Tennessee area.
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#20 of 30 Things To Do in Nashville
Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum
Nashville TN
~0.77 miles from Nashville city center
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#21 of 30 Things To Do in Nashville
Frist Center for Visual Arts
919 Broadway Nashville TN
~0.82 miles from Nashville city center
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The museum is housed in what used to be the main post office designed by Marr & Holman Architects for the city of Nashville, which had been built in the 1930s near Union Station, since most mail at that time was moved by train. As the city grew the need for a more up-to-date main facility was obvious. When a new main post office was built in 1986 the historic old facility became a downtown branch using only a small portion of one floor.
In the early 1990s Thomas F. Frist, Jr., and his family, through the charitable Frist Foundation, took up the task of converting the old post office into an art museum. They implemented an interesting public/private venture between the Frist Foundation, the U.S. Postal Service, and the city of Nashville. The museum opened in April 2001.
In 1999 the City of Nashville took over ownership of the building from the U.S. Postal Service for the purpose of creating the Frist Center for the Visual Arts. A renovated post office branch was opened in the basement in 1999.
The art center consists of approximately 24,000 square feet (2,200 m2) of gallery space, used to present visual art from local, state and regional artists, as well as major U.S. and international exhibitions.
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#22 of 30 Things To Do in Nashville
Germantown (Neighborhood)
Nashville TN
~0.97 miles from Nashville city center
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The Shawnee tribe of Indians was the original inhabitants of the North Nashville region followed by the Chickasaw and Cherokee tribes who made it a hunting ground for all.
Germantown's roots began growing in 1786, when James McGavock and his son, David, purchased the land on which the neighborhood is situated. The McGavocks, from Virginia, purchased 2,240 acres of land situated on both sides of the Cumberland River.
Shortly after the area was incorporated into the Nashville city limits, in 1865, a large number of German immigrants joined an already booming population of German residents and began moving into the grand houses, worker's cottages and shotgun homes, shopping at the corner stores and attending services at neighborhood churches.
Assumption Catholic Church was dedicated in 1859. In 1864, while the Union Army held Nashville, Assumption Church was occupied and pillaged by the soldiers. Having survived for over 145 years, Nashville’s second oldest Catholic Church is now experiencing a rebirth, both in numbers and as a spiritual family. As is their long-time neighbor, Monroe Street United Methodist Church which celebrated its 100th Anniversary in 2006.
Many Germantown residents including individuals such as publisher E.B. Stahlman, brewer William Gerst, distiller George Dickel and meat packer Henry Neuhoff, all who achieved great wealth and high social standing by the latter part of the 19th century, became prominent Nashville citizens who strongly influenced the history of the city while living in the beautiful neighborhood. Other prominent German families include: Petre, Ratterman, Wessel, Roth, Buddeke, Petre, Geist, Baltz, Schweiss, Strobel, Meiers, Brackman, Langdon, Dury, Seigenthaler, Stumb, Seifried, Jacobs and many others.
At the turn of the century, merchants and political figures used the backyard of one of the city’s first plantations, located on the current Werthan Bag Building site, as a playground. Burns Island Race Track preceded Morgan Park as the area’s gathering place and played host to the richest horse race in the world, at that time. Morgan Park’s history dates to 1909, when the Nashville Park Board purchased Frederick Laitenberger’s German beer garden, which occupied the site.
When the gates closed and the jockeys made their way out of the neighborhood, the area was turned into the city’s first horticultural garden. But even the magic of the garden couldn’t prevent the neighborhood from slipping into decline.
According to Davidson County Historian and Oktoberfest founder, John Connelly, as streetcar lines expanded and advancement was made in motor transportation, shortly after the turn of the century, there was a trend for older residents to move away from the ‘walk-to-town’ areas.
World War I, however, dealt the final blow when services at neighborhood churches stopped being conducted in German. After World War I, the German societies disbanded and subscribers banned the once popular German newspapers. This attitude did much to destroy the feeling of unity in Germantown.
Nearly hitting rock bottom, a group of urban pioneers began reclaiming Germantown in the late 1970s. By buying up vacant lots and entire city blocks, the pioneers began restoring the neighborhood to its former prestige.
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#23 of 30 Things To Do in Nashville
Edgefield (Neighborhood)
Nashville TN
~1.10 miles from Nashville city center
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#24 of 30 Things To Do in Nashville
Gulch (Neighborhood)
Nashville TN
~1.10 miles from Nashville city center
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#25 of 30 Things To Do in Nashville
Hank Williams Jr. Museum
Nashville TN
~1.23 miles from Nashville city center
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Description: Despite its name, this museum is dedicated to both father and son of this country music star duo.
Attraction Type: Specialty, Country Music Museum
Address: 1524 Demonbreun Street, Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Phone Number: 615 242 8313
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#26 of 30 Things To Do in Nashville
Demonbreun (Neighborhood)
Nashville TN
~1.26 miles from Nashville city center
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#27 of 30 Things To Do in Nashville
Car Collector's Hall of Fame
Nashville tn
~1.27 miles from Nashville city center
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Museum featuring cars owned by famous country music stars, from Elvis Prestly's Cadillac Eldorado to Tammy Wynette's Buick Riviera.
Attraction Type: Transportation Museum
Address: 1534 Demonbreun St., Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Phone Number: 615/255-6804
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#28 of 30 Things To Do in Nashville
Adventure Science Center
Nashville TN - (615) 862-5177
~1.48 miles from Nashville city center
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Established in 1944, the Children’s Museum of Nashville is located on 2nd Avenue South in downtown Nashville.
http://www.adventuresci.com
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#29 of 30 Things To Do in Nashville
East End (Neighborhood)
Nashville TN
~1.62 miles from Nashville city center
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Born in 1876, East End is the smallest of the historic neighborhoods in East Nashville, but boasts one of the most undisturbed stands of diverse original architecture left in the city. In our community are outstanding examples of Victorian, Queen Anne, Italianate, Eastlake, Four Square and Bungalow styles of architecture.
East End is also home to Nashville’s newest hip destination, the Five Points. With a mix of diverse businesses, this district offers art, eateries, nightspots, a garden center, groceries and even pet care within easy walking distance of the neighborhood.
We hope that you'll find our web site to be helpful in learning more. If you'd like further information, please contact info@eastendnashville.org and thanks for visiting!
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#30 of 30 Things To Do in Nashville
Five Points (Neighborhood)
Nashville TN
~1.63 miles from Nashville city center
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East Nashville's 5-Points shopping district, located at the junction of 11th Street, Woodland Street, and Clearview Avenue, features a diverse and colorful variety of shops, restaurants, bars and other businesses. The area continues to thrive, with new arrivals opening their doors every month to a receptive local audience and Nashvillians eager to cross the bridge and experience an exciting and revitalized east Nashville.
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