MUSIC CITY CENTER ON TRACK TO HAVE RECORD-BREAKING FISCAL YEAR

MUSIC CITY CENTER ON TRACK TO HAVE RECORD-BREAKING FISCAL YEAR
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 7, 2016

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Convention Center Authority announced this morning that the Music City Center has generated $169 million in economic impact during the first half of fiscal year 2016, which is almost double the economic impact generated during the first half of fiscal year 2015.

The Music City Center hosted 21 events with 8,127 attendees in December, generating 1,445 room nights for a total of $1.1 million in economic impact. Fiscal year to date the building has hosted 150 events with 290,215 attendees, generating $169 million in economic impact. Tax collections continue to outperform expectations and the Music City Center portion of tax collections was up 15 percent year over year for October.

"Even with some down time over the holidays, this fiscal year continues to be record-breaking for us in many ways" said Charles Starks, President/CEO of the Music City Center. "Not only are our economic impact and attendance numbers up, but our sales team is also having a great year. At the half year mark, building rental and food and beverage sales were tracking to greatly exceed fiscal year projections."

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About the Music City Center

The Music City Center, Nashville’s convention center, features a 353,143 square foot exhibit hall, the 57,500 square foot Karl F. Dean Grand Ballroom, and an 18,000 square foot Davidson Ballroom. The building includes an art collection featuring local and regional artists, a covered three-level parking garage with 1,800 spaces, and is LEED Gold certified. The Nashville Songwriter’s Hall of Fame is also located inside the Music City Center at the corner of 6^th Avenue and Demonbreun.