March 12, 2026 – Coffee fans, rejoice: Starbucks is increasing its presence in Music City from “Grande” to “Venti.” The world’s largest coffee chain will be opening its Southeast corporate office in Nashville later this year. In the announcement, made in tandem with Governor Bill Lee, Starbucks also will provide opportunities for dozens of its Seattle-based employees to […]

March 12, 2026 – Opening Day is one of the great traditions in sports, and this year we would love for you to celebrate it with us. On March 26 — the Stars will host an Opening Day Watch Party at Category 10 in downtown Nashville, home to our Music & Entertainment Advisor Luke Combs. We […]

February 26, 2026 – If Aaron Judge won a World Series in Nashville, he would earn more than he would in just about any other city. Why? Take the recent Super Bowl, where Seattle Seahawks quarterback Sam Darnold earned a bonus of nearly $180,000 for hoisting the Lombardi Trophy. But because the Super Bowl was […]

February 12, 2026 – The Nashville Stars join the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum and baseball fans everywhere in mourning the loss of a dear friend, Ron “Schoolboy” Teasley, the second-oldest Negro Leagues player as of his 99th birthday earlier this month. As a teenager, Teasley would often play in baseball games among adults more than […]

February 19, 2026 – We’ve shown many different ways in which Nashville has set tourism records in recent years. In 2025, Nashville surpassed one of its own records set just two years earlier. Davidson County sold more than 10.24 million hotel rooms last year, outdoing its 2023 record high of 10.018 million rooms. “There are a number of things […]

February 4, 2026 – It only makes sense that the origin story of Nashville’s now-signature food item would be connected to the Negro Leagues. The combination of a good piece of fried chicken and a requisite amount of heat has made Nashville Hot Chicken the feature of menus, business enterprises, festivals, and eating contests across […]

New Merchandise Arrives as Baseball Season Approaches!

January 22, 2026 – Rock the Stars all season long! We have brand-new quarter-zips available for golf season — indoor and outdoor — and all your other springtime activities, so you can represent the Stars as we get ready for the 2026 MLB season. Here are some of our latest releases: (NEW) Quarter-zips T-shirt Hoodie Pine Hoodie […]

Meet the Stars, Past and Present: Sidney Bunch, Jr.

January 21, 2026 – The four Stars in the main picture on display in the Nashville Stars Baseball Club office are the players who excelled for the team here in Nashville in the 1940s and 1950s. While they are no longer with us to tell their stories, we are pleased to have family members right here in […]

Adding His Voice to the Stars: Music Advisor Buzz Brainard

January 14, 2026 – It’s the voice. If you tuned in religiously to “This Week In Baseball,” from 1999-2012, it was his voice, the one that succeeded the legendary Mel Allen, that brought you news and insights from the world of Major League Baseball (MLB). If you watched Sonic the Hedgehog, you laughed every time Rotor […]

FCS Championship Brings All Eyes to Nashville

January 8, 2026 – Nashville is a premier destination for major national events — especially sporting events — and Music City was once again the center of attention for the sports world this week. On Monday, the Football Championship Subdivision’s national championship game pitted the Illinois State Redbirds against the Montana State Bobcats at FirstBank […]

Largest International Investment in State History Coming to Middle Tennessee

December 22, 2025 – The need for rare earths to power the expansive needs of the tech world — and each of ours — has companies around the world investing in enterprises that can provide these essential minerals.  Middle Tennessee is about to become home to one of those companies. In the largest economic development deal in […]

Bob Kendrick Talks Stars on Anniversary of MLB Recognizing Negro Leagues as “Major League”

December 18, 2025 – As our fans know well, the Stars are working tirelessly to bring Major League Baseball to Nashville. Or, rather, “back to Nashville.” That’s right, five years ago this week, MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred and league officials recognized the Negro Leagues as official Major Leagues. Six months later, MLB elevated the statistics of Negro Leagues players to […]

Nashville Sees Another Record Tourism Spike in October

December 10, 2025 – “Nashville is a hot destination,”Nashville Convention & Visitors Corp CEO Deana Ivey said last week. No, she wasn’t referring to the temperatures – she was pointing to the surge in visitors to Music City, particularly from Europe. Flights from Europe — fueled by the addition of several flights from Iceland and Ireland — grew […]