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Happy Hour: Red Skies At Night
LP Field will be hosting the US men’s soccer team vs. Paraguay on March 23rd. Tickets go on sale 1/21 and the match will be televised on ESPN. It’s no World Cup, but we’ll take it! [Tennessean] Metro Schools are closed again tomorrow! So enjoy your 10-day weekend, kids, for you will probably never see [...]
Bright & Early: Two Countries, No Cup Edition
Good morning, Nashville. After this morning’s big FIFA announcement, it doesn’t look like the World Cup will be moving to this side of the pond anytime soon. Instead, the 2018 World Cup will be held in Russia and the 2022 bid went to Qatar where the average July temperature is 115 degrees and no one [...]
Happy Hour: One Cup To Rule Them All
The big World Cup announcement happens tomorrow at 10am which is when we find out whether or not the US will host the 2022 World Cup. If so, Nashville is in the running to be the host city and we don’t have to tell you how much that would mean to our local economy (and [...]
Bright & Early: Shoot For The Moon Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Mayor Dean spent Labor Day up in New York trying to woo a group of World Cup officials into selecting Nashville as a finalist for hosting the 2018 or 2022 World Cup. This idea has been floating around for a while, and Nashville is one of the 18 US cities in the [...]
Bright & Early: Bzzzzzzzzz Edition
Good morning, Nashville. More than 5,000 people turned out to Nashville’s free World Cup watch party at LP Field yesterday. Though we didn’t exactly have folks dancing on top of buses and such, we hear it was a pretty crazy party. There were giveaways, and inflatables, and most importantly vuvuzelas! Meanwhile, the Nashville Convention & Visitors Bureau [...]
Happy Hour: Ducks In A Row
Did anyone get anything done today? Be honest. [WKRN] Thanks to everyone who filled out their census forms this year! We’ve now been ranked the 25th largest city in the United States, up from our last census ranking of 27. [WKRN] We forgot to mention yesterday that Nashville’s Lilith Fair date has been canceled and [...]
Happy Hour: Big Shoes To Fill
Nashville survived the latest round of cuts to join a list of 18 cities who are still being considered for hosting the 2018 or 2022 World Cup. [WPLN] An air traffic control tower burst into flames at the Nashville Airport this afternoon and shut down the whole airport! … Okay, fine. There was a small [...]
Happy Hour: Going For The Gold
Well, it’s official: Parking meters will no longer be free on Saturdays. There are seven Saturdays left in 2009, so you have seven Saturdays to free-park your hearts out. [WKRN] A Cookeville man was jailed for vandalism after smashing some sad person’s jack-o-lantern over the weekend. In fairness, Halloween has come and gone. [WSMV] Clarksville [...]
Happy Hour: Don’t TXT And Drive, Kids
Fresh on the heels of the Tennessee House shooting down a ban on open alcohol containers in vehicles, the Senate has approved a ban on texting while driving. So, your passengers can booze it up but for the love of all things holy, put the phone away. [City Paper] Despite all that economic-stimulating, word coming [...]
Bright & Early: Happy Birthday, Al Gore Edition
Good morning, Nashville. We were trying to ignore the whole Al Gore Earth Hour saga, but in honor of his birthday today, we’ll give you the rundown. In case you’ve missed it, Drew Johnson, head of libertarian thinktank Tennessee Center for Policy Research, went lurking around Al’s mansion in Bellevue Belle Meade during Earth Hour [...]
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