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
December 11, 2015

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Music City Center announced this morning that the building has hosted over 130 events generating $168 million in economic impact so far this fiscal year.

The Music City Center hosted 29 events with 48,393 attendees in November, generating 24,081 room nights for a total of $19.6 million in economic impact. Fiscal year to date the building has hosted 131 events with 282,088 attendees, generating $168 million in economic impact. Since opening in May 2013, the building has hosted over 800 events with 1.5 million attendees. Tax collections continue to outperform expectations and the Music City Center portion of tax collections was up 7.05 percent year over year for September.

"November was a great month for us this year with National League of Cities, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics and a number of other events" said Charles Starks, President/CEO of the Music City Center. "During National League of Cities, we had city leaders from all over the country here and they could not say enough great things about what's happening here in Nashville."

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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.