Music City CenterMusic City Center
Grand OpeningGrand Opening
May 19-20, 2013May 19-20, 2013
MCC Truck Dock Entrance
Hyatt Place
Hampton Inn
HiltonGarden
InnKorean Veterans Boulevard opens April 17th
SoBro Construction
• 800 Room Omni Hotel
• Country Music Hall of Fame Expansion
• 255 Room Hyatt Place
• 215 Room Hilton Garden Inn
Recent SoBro Openings
• The Southern Steak & Oyster
• Etch
• Honky Tonk Central
• M Restaurant & Bar
Nashville’s Current Status• 11 million visitors a year• $4 billion in visitor spending• Visitor mix
1/3 leisure1/3 meetings1/3 business transient
• Nashville’s second largest industry
Visitor Industry
• Second-leading industry
• One in five working adults in Nashville is in a tourism-related job
• Generates $1.6 billion in wages
NCC & MCC Comparison
• Currently compete for 20-25% of bookings. MCC will compete for 70-75%.
• Current NCC 118,675 sf of exhibit space. MCC over 350,000 sf of exhibit space.
Features• 353,000 sf exhibit hall
• 75,500 sf of ballroom space
57,500 sf grand ballroom
18,000 sf junior ballroom
• 90,000 sf of meeting space – 60 meeting rooms
• 145,500 sf of pre-function space
Features• 35,500 sf of terrace
19,000 sf on Fifth Avenue
16,500 sf on Eighth Avenue
• 32 loading docks
• 2,200 sf of retail space
• 900,000 sf parking garage with 1,800 parking spaces
• Grand Ballroom• 57,500 sf•Largest ballroom in Tennessee•Seats 4,000 for a banquet•Built in stage (78 feet wide by 30 feet deep, with a front stage opening of 58 feet)
• Davidson Ballroom• 18,000 sf
Two Ballrooms
Songwriters Hall of Fame• Display in Sixth Avenue
Escalator Lobby•Three 55-inch touch screens • Information on Hall members and memorabilia
• Names of 184 members engraved in the Crab Orchard stone steps leading up to the exhibit
Art
• 8 Commissioned Pieces
• 81 Acquired Pieces
• $2.0 million