Nashville, Tennessee Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Sports== ===Professional=== [[File:LP Field 2009 crop.jpg|thumb|right|[[Nissan Stadium]], home of the [[Tennessee Titans]] and formerly [[Nashville SC]]]] [[File:Bridgestone Arena (North face) 2.JPG|thumb|right|[[Bridgestone Arena]], home of the [[Nashville Predators]]]] [[File:GEODIS Park.jpg|thumb|right|[[Geodis Park]], home of the [[Nashville SC]]]] [[File:First Tennessee Park, September 10, 2016 - 1.jpg|thumb|right|[[First Horizon Park]], home of the [[Nashville Sounds]]]] Nashville is home to five professional sports franchises. Three play at the [[major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada|highest professional level]] of their respective sports: the [[Tennessee Titans]] of the [[National Football League]] (NFL), the [[Nashville Predators]] of the [[National Hockey League]] (NHL), and [[Nashville SC]] of [[Major League Soccer]] (MLS). The city is also home to two minor league teams: the [[Nashville Sounds]] of [[Minor League Baseball]]'s [[International League]] and the Music City Fire [[arena football]] team of the [[American Arena League]]. An investment group, Music City Baseball, seeks to secure a [[Major League Baseball]] expansion franchise or lure an existing team to the city.<ref>{{cite web |last=Speddon |first=Zach |url=https://ballparkdigest.com/2019/10/01/potential-nashville-mlb-ballpark-renderings-released/ |title=Potential Nashville MLB Ballpark Renderings Released |work=Ballpark Digest |date=October 1, 2019 |access-date=October 1, 2019}}</ref> The Women's National Basketball Association is considering a franchise expansion to Nashville. {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |- ! scope="col"| Team ! scope="col"| Sport ! scope="col"| League ! scope="col"| Venue ! scope="col"| Founded |- !scope="row"| [[Tennessee Titans]] | [[American football|Football]] | [[National Football League]] | [[Nissan Stadium]] | align=right | 1960/1997 |- !scope="row"| [[Nashville Predators]] | [[Ice hockey|Hockey]] | [[National Hockey League]] | [[Bridgestone Arena]] | align=right | 1997 |- !scope="row"| [[Nashville Sounds]] | [[Baseball]] | [[International League]] | [[First Horizon Park]] | align=right | 1978 |- !scope="row"| [[Nashville SC]] | [[Soccer]] | [[Major League Soccer]] | [[Geodis Park]] | align=right | 2020 |} The [[Tennessee Titans]] moved to Nashville in 1998. Previously known as the [[History of the Houston Oilers|Houston Oilers]], which began play in 1960 in [[Houston|Houston, Texas]], the team relocated to Tennessee in 1997. They played at the [[Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium]] in [[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]] for one season, then moved to Nashville in 1998 and played in [[Vanderbilt Stadium]] for one season. During those two years, the team was known as the Tennessee Oilers, but changed its name to Titans in 1999. The team now plays at [[Nissan Stadium]] in Nashville, which opened in 1999. Since moving to Nashville, the Titans have won five division championships (2000, 2002, 2008, 2020, and 2021) and one conference championship (1999). They competed in 1999's [[Super Bowl XXXIV]], losing to the [[History of the St. Louis Rams|St. Louis Rams]], 23β16.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://prod.static.titans.clubs.nfl.com/assets/docs/mediaguide/2017mg_history.pdf |title=History |pages=319β464 |work=2017 Tennessee Titans Media Guide |publisher=National Football League |date=2017 |access-date=April 14, 2018 |archive-date=April 14, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180414234040/http://prod.static.titans.clubs.nfl.com/assets/docs/mediaguide/2017mg_history.pdf }}</ref> The city previously hosted the 1939 Nashville Rebels of the [[American Football League (1938)|American Football League]] and two [[Arena Football League]] teams named the [[Nashville Kats]] (1997β2001 and 2005β2007). From April 25β27, 2019, Nashville hosted the [[2019 NFL draft]], which saw an estimated 200,000 fans attend each day.<ref name="tenn20190427">{{cite news |url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2019/04/27/nfl-draft-nashville-breaks-attendance-record-league-reports/3602675002/ |title=NFL Draft in Nashville Breaks Attendance Record at 600,000, League Reports |work=[[The Tennessean]] |first=Matthew |last=Leimkuehler |date=April 27, 2019 |access-date=July 12, 2019}}</ref> The [[Nashville Predators]] joined the [[National Hockey League]] as an expansion team in the 1998β99 season. The team plays its home games at [[Bridgestone Arena]]. The Predators have won two division championships (2017β18 and 2018β19) and one conference championship (2016β17).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nhl.com/predators/team/history/timeline |title=Franchise Timeline |work=Nashville Predators |publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=April 14, 2018}}</ref> [[Nashville SC]], a [[Major League Soccer]] franchise, began play in 2020 at Nissan Stadium.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nashvillesc.com/post/2020/03/01/nashville-sc-breaks-tennessee-soccer-attendance-record-59069-hand-mls-debut |title=Nashville SC Breaks Tennessee Soccer Attendance Record With 59,069 on Hand for MLS Debut |website=Nashville SC |date=March 1, 2020 |access-date=April 17, 2020}}</ref> It moved into the newly completed soccer-specific stadium [[Geodis Park]] at the [[Nashville Fairgrounds]] in 2022.<ref>{{cite web|last=Davenport |first=Turron |url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/nashville-sc/story/4655705/welcome-to-nashvillewhose-new-mls-stadium-is-the-largestand-might-be-loudestsoccer-stadium-in-the-us |title=Welcome to Nashville, Whose New MLS Stadium Is the Largest, and Might Be Loudest, Soccer Stadium in the U.S. |website=ESPN |date=May 2, 2022 |access-date=June 14, 2022}}</ref> The [[Nashville Sounds]] baseball team was established in 1978 as an expansion franchise of the [[Double-A (baseball)|Double-A]] [[Southern League (1964βpresent)|Southern League]]. The Sounds won the league championship in 1979 and 1982. In 1985, the Double-A Sounds were replaced by a [[Triple-A (baseball)|Triple-A]] team of the [[American Association (1902β1997)|American Association]]. After the circuit dissolved in 1997, they joined the Triple-A [[Pacific Coast League]] in 1998 and won the league championship in 2005. The Sounds left their original ballpark, [[Herschel Greer Stadium]], in 2015 for [[First Horizon Park]], a new ballpark built on the site of the former [[Sulphur Dell]] ballpark. In 2021, they were placed in the Triple-A East, which became the [[International League]] in 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.milb.com/news/minor-league-baseball-historical-league-names-to-return-in-2022|title=Historical League Names to Return in 2022|website=Minor League Baseball|date=March 16, 2022|access-date=March 16, 2022}}</ref> In total, the Sounds have won eleven division titles and three league championships.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.milb.com/nashville/team/history |title=Team History |work=Nashville Sounds |publisher=Minor League Baseball |access-date=September 23, 2022}}</ref> The Music City Fire, an [[arena football]] team of the [[American Arena League]] began play at the Williamson County AgExpo Park in 2020.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.americanarenaleague.com/teams |title=Teams |work=AAL Football |access-date=September 6, 2021 |archive-date=August 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210810190305/https://www.americanarenaleague.com/teams }}</ref> Nashville is the home of the second-oldest continually operating racetrack in the United States, the [[Fairgrounds Speedway]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.foxsports.com/tennessee/story/fairgrounds-speedway-primed-for-55th-season-040413 |title=Fairgrounds Speedway primed for 55th season |work=Fox Sports |first=Greg |last=Pogue |date=April 4, 2013 |access-date=November 18, 2016}}</ref> It hosted [[NASCAR Winston Cup]] races from 1958 to 1984, [[NASCAR Busch Series]] and [[NASCAR Truck Series]] in the 1980s and 1990s, and later the [[NASCAR Whelen All-American Series]] and [[ARCA Racing Series]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://fairgroundsspeedwaynashville.com/?page_id=25736 |title=History |work=Fairgrounds Speedway Nashville |access-date=April 14, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180414234702/http://fairgroundsspeedwaynashville.com/?page_id=25736 |archive-date=April 14, 2018 }}</ref> [[Nashville Superspeedway]] is located {{convert|30|mi|0|abbr=on}} southeast of Nashville in [[Gladeville, Tennessee|Gladeville]], part of the [[Nashville Metropolitan Statistical Area]]. The track held [[NASCAR]] sanctioned events from 2001 to 2011 as well as [[IndyCar]] races from 2001 to 2008. Nashville Superspeedway reopened in 2021<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nascar/2021/06/15/nashville-superspeedway-welcomes-cup-debut-as-track-reopens/45988421/ |title=Nashville Superspeedway welcomes Cup debut as track reopens |website=[[USA Today]] |access-date=January 8, 2024}}</ref> and hosts the premier [[NASCAR Cup Series]] race [[Ally 400]] annually. The [[Nashville Invitational]] was a golf tournament on the [[PGA Tour]] from 1944 to 1946. The [[Sara Lee Classic]] was part of the [[LPGA Tour]] from 1988 to 2002. The [[BellSouth Senior Classic]] of the Champions Tour was held from 1994 to 2003. The [[Nashville Golf Open]] is part of the [[Web.com Tour]] since 2016. The [[1961 Women's Western Open]] and [[1980 U.S. Women's Open]] were also held in Nashville. ===College and amateur=== Nashville is also home to four [[NCAA Division I|Division I]] athletic programs. Nashville is also home to the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] [[college football]] [[Music City Bowl]]. [[File:2004 Vanderbilt-Navy Game TE.jpg|thumb|right|2004 Vanderbilt-Navy Game]] {| class="wikitable" |- " ! Program !! Division !! Conference |- | [[Vanderbilt Commodores]] | [[NCAA Division I|Division I]] ([[Football Bowl Subdivision|FBS]]) | [[Southeastern Conference]] |- | [[Tennessee State Tigers and Lady Tigers|Tennessee State Tigers]] | [[NCAA Division I|Division I]] ([[Football Championship Subdivision|FCS]]) | [[Ohio Valley Conference]] |- | [[Belmont Bruins]] | [[NCAA Division I|Division I]] ([[NCAA Division I-AAA|non-football]]) | [[Missouri Valley Conference]] |- | [[Lipscomb Bisons]] | [[NCAA Division I|Division I]] ([[NCAA Division I-AAA|non-football]]) | [[ASUN Conference]] |} [[Nashville Rollergirls|Nashville Roller Derby]] is Nashville's only women's flat track [[roller derby]] team. Established in 2006, Nashville Roller Derby competes on a regional and national level. They play their home games at the Nashville Fairgrounds Sports Arena. In 2014, they hosted the [[WFTDA Championships]] at Municipal Auditorium. The [[Nashville Kangaroos]] are an Australian Rules Football team that compete in the [[United States Australian Football League]]. The Kangaroos play their home games at Elmington Park. The team is the reigning USAFL Central Region Champions. Three [[Little League Baseball]] teams from Nashville (one in [[1970 Little League World Series|1970]]; one in [[2013 Little League World Series|2013]]; and, one in [[2014 Little League World Series|2014]]) have qualified for the [[Little League World Series]]. Teams from neighboring [[Goodlettsville]] qualified for the [[2012 Little League World Series|2012]] and [[2016 Little League World Series|2016]] series, giving the metropolitan area teams in three consecutive years to so qualify; and four teams in five years. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. 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