Daily Archives: December 3rd, 2011
BEEP It Downtown (Decoding The Downtown Parking Mystery)
As if parking downtown wasn’t tight enough already, a giant chunk of downtown, conveniently located right behind the Bridgestone Arena, has been closed off for the new Music City Center construction through April 2010. And there’s that whole paying for Saturday parking meters thing now, too. What’s a downtown-event-goer to do?
BEEP. BEEP stands for Best Ever Event Parking, and while mildly cheesy, we can see this being a lifesaver for the next few months. Beginning tonight for the Muse concert and continuing through May 31, Lot R at LP Field will be open for FREE parking with an optional $3 round-trip shuttle service during every Bridgestone Arena event. Shuttles will run every 10 minutes from Lot R to the corner of 4th & Demonbreun. Parking at LP Field will open 2 hours prior to the scheduled Bridgestone Arena event, and close at 2am.
Photo by grovesa16.
As if parking downtown wasn’t tight enough already, a giant chunk of downtown, conveniently located right behind the Bridgestone Arena, has been closed off for the new Music City Center construction through April 2010. And there’s that whole paying for Saturday parking meters thing now, too. What’s a downtown-event-goer to do? BEEP. BEEP stands for [...]
Bright & Early: Music To Our Ears Edition
Good morning, Nashville. As much as we joke around about Bluepocalypse and CMApocalypse and all the other -pocalypses that involve hundreds of thousands of tourists flooding downtown Nashville, we really do appreciate it. Folks who visited over the weekend for the SEC festivities pumped an estimated $10 million into our economy and also had some awfully nice things to say about our town. According to one blessed tourist: “We’ve been to Atlanta, New Orleans and Nashville for the SEC Tournament. This is absolutely the best venue here.” You hear that, Atlanta? We’re coming for you.
- Dead voters purged. Tennessee decided it was about time to purge the dead folks from the state’s election rolls… all 10,000 of them. This was apparently a result of an election in Memphis where people tried casting votes on behalf of the deceased. Which happened 5 years ago.
- Shenanigans? Supporters of Nashville General Hospital, which provides medical care for the uninsured and underinsured in Nashville, are accusing the state of withholding almost $20 million in federal funding from the hospital.
- Bits & pieces. Nashville is currently renovating its only mountain bike trail … Today’s weather can be summarized by the phrase “clouds and occasional drizzle.” Booooo … New statistics are showing that 120,000 Tennesseans suffer from Alzheimer’s Disease … The Haiti benefit at the Farmer’s Market yesterday organized by a local chef raised $10,000 … Don’t forget to fill out your census forms when they appear in your mailboxes!
Photo by fallingwater123.
Good morning, Nashville. As much as we joke around about Bluepocalypse and CMApocalypse and all the other -pocalypses that involve hundreds of thousands of tourists flooding downtown Nashville, we really do appreciate it. Folks who visited over the weekend for the SEC festivities pumped an estimated $10 million into our economy and also had some [...]
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