Bridgestone Arena

Home of the Nashville Predators

Nashville, TN

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Also known as Nashville Arena · Gaylord Entertainment Center · Sommet Center

Capacity: 17,159; Hockey. A later section also lists 19,395 for basketball, 18,500 for end-stage concerts, and 20,000 for center-stage concerts.Source for capacity
Record attendance: 19,365; Nate Bargatze, April 15, 2023.Source for record attendance
Opened: December 18, 1996; Opened as Nashville Arena. Ground broken January 20, 1994.Source for opened
Cost: $144 million; Construction cost on the arena page.Source for cost

Nashville Arena
1996–1999
The infobox also lists brief returns to this name in 2007 and from 2009 to February 2010.
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Gaylord Entertainment Center
1999–2007
Sponsor: Gaylord Entertainment
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Sommet Center
2007–2009
The infobox dates this name from May 2007 to November 2009.
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Bridgestone Arena
2010–present
The history says the Predators announced the Bridgestone deal on February 23, 2010. No dollar terms were taken from the page.
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Smashville
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December 18, 1996

The arena opened on December 18, 1996, as Nashville Arena. The infobox lists the cost at $144 million. The Predators became the NHL tenant in 1998.

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