April 22, 2026 – Starbucks walked into Nashville last month to announce its intentions for an expansion into Music City. Earlier this week, they made it official: the coffee leader is opening a corporate office in downtown Nashville, bringing a $100 million investment into middle Tennessee. Across business operations and supply chain management, more than 2,000 […]
April 22, 2026 – As we reach the final days of April, tax season is moving toward the finish line. But here in Nashville — and throughout Tennessee — the absence of state income tax is always top of mind as a key value proposition. And it’s another example of why Nashville makes sense for Major League Baseball […]
April 15, 2026 – A first-pitch fastball that looks outside but is overturned to flip the count to 0-1. A borderline 2-2 curveball that is called a strike but overturned to keep the at-bat alive. A full-count fastball for a called third strike that freezes the hitter, who challenges … only to see that the […]
April 9, 2026 – Last week, we highlighted the record-setting viewership totals for Major League Baseball’s Opening Day on March 26. But as Netflix fans will tell you is par for the course, the release of the totals for MLB Opening Night — between the San Francisco Giants and New York Yankees on March 25 — was every bit of […]
April 8, 2026 – It’s in the name. Create Energy, a manufacturer of renewable energy equipment based just 40 miles north of downtown Nashville in Portland, is doing just that — creating energy — with the announcement of its plans to invest in a new 338,000-square-foot facility in the nearby neighborhood of Orlinda. The $78 […]
April 2, 2026 – The start of a new MLB season brings optimism for fans of all 30 teams. And that optimism was visible in the viewership numbers for the Opening Day broadcasts, both inside Category 10 and across the world. Across NBC and Peacock, the day-night Opening Day doubleheader of the Pittsburgh Pirates at the […]
April 2, 2026 – It was an unforgettable Opening Day celebration in every respect. An almost endless line of line dancers filling the dance floor all day (and night) long. A jam-packed viewing room of fans watching the season’s first games. Three memorable live performances of the National Anthem – by Nashvllle recording artists Gina […]
March 25, 2026 – “Charley Pride looked at two of America’s most segregated institutions — baseball and country music — and walked through both front doors anyway. With this introduction from Nashville Stars Baseball Club director of marketing Will General, the Stars joined baseball and music fans from across the area on March 18 to celebrate this talented […]
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 […]
March 5, 2026 – The Athletic wrapped up its MLB fan survey with a look at a variety of issues for baseball fans, but when it came to expansion, the vote was clear – a majority of the more than 13,000 respondents are for it … and Nashville is the clear #1 choice. The polling touched […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
December 3, 2025 – The fans are speaking: Nashville is the best choice for a new Major League Baseball team. In a poll of more than 1,700 MLB fans released earlier this week by Sports Business Journal, Nashville is a wide favorite to get a franchise if any expansion or relocation were to occur. Nashville received 37% […]
December 3, 2025 – “Just a typical Tuesday night in Nashville.” With this message, Nashville Stars Music & Entertainment Advisor and SiriusXM host Buzz Brainard opened the Nashville Stars’ first Songwriters’ Night at The Listening Room Café on Tuesday night, a reminder of what sets Nashville apart as an ideal destination for Major League Baseball to establish itself. The […]
November 24, 2025 – The holidays are approaching — and we have the perfect gifts for you, your family and your friends! We’ve seen how much you all have enjoyed wearing our Nashville Stars hats, and we’ve loved swapping hats all year long. So we’ve created hat bundles that allow you to do both: keep one, and swap one! […]
November 20, 2025 – Come join the Nashville Stars for an evening of live music in the heart of downtown Nashville! Hosted by Nashville Stars Music & Entertainment Advisor Buzz Brainard, the Warren Brothers and Brett Mondie will come together — with some special guests — to bring their stories to life through music and live […]
November 20, 2025 – Wednesday was the biggest night in country music. And the attention of the world was focused right here on Nashville. So with all of the stars shining on stage at Bridgestone Arena during the 2025 CMA Awards, their excitement grew even brighter when talking about our great city. The topic: Major League Baseball […]
October 29, 2025 – Nashville International Airport isn’t just adding…it’s multiplying. On Monday, Nashville International Airport – BNA announced a massive second terminal project spanning more than 300 acres. The expansion will include five new concourses, doubling the airport’s total to 10, all built directly alongside the current terminal. “This adjacent location allows us to plan entirely […]
October 29, 2025 – Maybe it’s the candy from Halloween, maybe it’s the full spread on our Thanksgiving tables, or maybe it’s a delicious blend of the two. Whatever it may be, our hunger levels seem to surge right around this time of year.But not to worry, because three major chains are on their way […]
October 29, 2025 – We’re thrilled to congratulate Community Advisor Rosetta Miller-Perry on her induction into the Nashville Entrepreneurs’ Hall of Fame by the Nashville Entrepreneur Center! Miller-Perry — who founded the Tennessee Tribune newspaper in 1992 — was one of three inductees in 2025. Born in Pennsylvania, she is well ingrained with the state of Tennessee, […]
October 22, 2025 – One team is coming off a sweep. The other: an epic Game 7 comeback win. And after 36 seasons in the sport, Don Mattingly – “Donnie Baseball” – is at last in a World Series. After captaining the New York Yankees over an outstanding 14-season career that laid the groundwork for […]
October 22, 2025 – This weekend is shaping up to be one of the biggest of the year for the sports scene in Nashville! ESPN will host its weekly College GameDay show on Saturday morning from the campus of Vanderbilt University, which will feature Nashville resident and Stars Strategic Advisor Kirk Herbstreit, who has been an […]
October 15, 2025 – Major League Baseball has supported Stand Up To Cancer and its programs for more than 15 years, and one of our advisors is adding his own effort. After losing his father to cancer 11 years ago, Nashville Stars Music Industry Advisor Mitchell Tenpenny launched The 10Penny Fund, which invests in sustainable and […]
October 15, 2025 – Oracle has announced its plans to relocate its global headquarters to Nashville, and those plans are coming to life. New renderings were released last week which visualize a 70-acre campus that will transform the company’s operations and the city of Nashville’s vision for the East Bank. Among the highlights for the campus […]
October 2, 2025 – Just as growth is synonymous with the city of Nashville, even more so with Major League Baseball (MLB), which just finished the regular season with major increases in attendance, television viewership, social media visibility and much more! The changes made to the game by the league in recent years continue to impact […]
September 25, 2025 – Professional sports franchises in Nashville remain among the nation’s best, both competitively and in facility investments. This spring, theNashville Predatorsannouncedplans for a transformational expansionofBridgestone Arena— adding even more strength to that claim — and those plans are now coming to life. According tonews from The Tennessean earlier this week, the Predators’ […]
September 18, 2025 – Nashville remains among the leaders for a critical sign of a local economy’s strength: job opportunities and employee earnings. After holding the top spot two years ago, Music City now sits at No. 2 in the latest report from Checkr, which assessed unemployment rates, labor force size and growth, open jobs, […]
September 18, 2025 – We had the privilege of visiting the Huntsville Rotary Club on September 9th to share updates on our effort to bring Major League Baseball (MLB) to Tennessee. Dr.Chris Bacon(left) spoke on behalf of the Nashville Stars Baseball Club, and he was introduced by Mark Russell, Executive Director of the Huntsville Sports Commission. Huntsville is no stranger to professional baseball […]
September 4, 2025 – Tourists are choosing Nashville for their leisure travels at a record pace. Why, exactly? Because Nashville has it all, and it’s the place to be for sports, music, history, arts and more. Last week’s reports from the Tennessee Department of Tourist Development and the Nashville Convention and Visitors Corp. revealed that Music […]
August 28, 2025 – Turn one way and there’s Jerry Royster. Swing around the other direction and there are the Hairston brothers – John and Jerry. At that table, you see Royals stars Willie Wilson and Frank White and “A.O,” the one and only Amos Otis. The room opens wider and you spot Jacque Jones, […]
August 28, 2025 – As the pennant race heats up, so too is the attention around Nashville as a home for a Major League Baseball franchise. Commissioner Rob Manfred’s comments last week regarding expansion and realignment sparked numerous national stories, and Nashville and the Stars were the focus. The attention on Nashville even sparked Sports Business Journal’s story on […]
August 21, 2025 – The conversation of Major League Baseball expansion has been in the national spotlight this past week. “I think the owners realize there is demand for Major League Baseball in a lot of great cities, and we have an opportunity to do something good around that expansion process,” Commissioner Rob Manfred said during the MLB Little League […]
August 7, 2025 – “We need an MLB team in Tennessee, and I’m really hopeful that’s coming.” Tennessee Governor Bill Lee said that at a visit to Covenant Health Park for a recent Knoxville Smokies Baseball game. Joined by Knoxville Mayor Indya Kincannon, Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs, Chattanooga Mayor Tim Kelly, and Knoxville Smokies owner, University of Tennessee, Knoxville President, and Nashville Stars […]
July 31, 2025 – On August 2, baseball meets motorsports. The MLB Speedway Classic presented byBuildSubmarines.comatBristol Motor Speedway and Dragwaypits theAtlanta Bravesagainst theCincinnati Reds— the two teams closest in proximity to downtown Nashville — on Saturday night in a matchup set to shatter the league’s all-time single-game attendance record. Major League Baseball (MLB)announced on Monday […]
May 28, 2025 – When fans attend a sporting event, they hope that the experience will be memorable. Lately, the memories that fans have enjoyed have increasingly extended in venues outside the field or arena. One such venue sits just 240 miles southeast of our office, with an otherwise unassuming name were it not for […]
May 21, 2025 – The revenue charts. The corporate arrivals. The popularity. Regardless of the metric, Nashville keeps growing. Growth is also on the mind of Kelly King, PwC’s Nashville office managing partner. King moved PwC into the Nashville Yards neighborhood this spring, nearly tripling the firm’s office space in Music City. With the company more than doubling its […]
April 30, 2025 – Snoop Dogg has been everywhere, from virtually every Olympics venue to TV broadcasts around the world. Country music has been everywhere too, as its distinctive music and performers continue to mix well with other music genres. So Snoop Dogg in Music City makes perfect sense. The latest example of this blending of styles […]
April 23, 2025 – To say that it was a big week for professional sports in Nashville is an understatement. The annual Sports Business Journal Creative Artists Agency (CAA) World Congress of Sports — the largest and most prestigious sports business conference in North America — made Nashville the center of professional sports this week. The Nashville Stars Baseball […]
April 16, 2025 – Torpedo bats have become the hot topic across Major League Baseball (MLB) — and rightly so — for being more tailored to hitters’ swing paths than the bats which fans are more accustomed to seeing. But those aren’t the only bats that baseball fans in Middle Tennessee are excited about. Old Hickory Bat Company, […]
April 10, 2025 – Last month, Negro Leagues Baseball Museum President and Nashville Stars Board Member Bob Kendrick joined Nashville resident and New York Times-bestselling author Andrew Maraniss for an episode of Maraniss’ “On the Ball” podcast. Throughout the episode, Kendrick highlighted the benefits of bringing a Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise to Nashville, as well as the rich history throughout every […]
April 3, 2025 – The Nashville Stars welcomed friends, advisors, supporters and area baseball fans to their Opening Day party on a day when Major League Baseball hit a home run with its Opening Day viewership. The television ratings on ESPN were the league’s best Opening Day audience for a full (non-COVID) season since 2018, with the Brewers-Yankees matchup […]
For Immediate Release MEDIA CONTACTS: John Crisp – Crisp Communications [email protected] 615-457-1479 Chris Bacon – Music City Baseball [email protected] 815-823-4138 March 25, 2025 – Lincoln Property Company (Lincoln), a global full-service real estate services firm, and Music City Baseball, LLC, through its Stars Development Group, LLC, announced today they have entered into an agreement to secure and obtain entitlements for a […]
March 12, 2025 – What a response we’ve had to the launch of our new Nashville Stars hat by New Era! We caught up with WKRN/News 2 (ABC) Chief Meteorologist Danielle Breezy in the studio and swapped hats with one of our city’s most trusted weather experts! Be sure to stay tuned to our Instagram, X, Facebook and TikTok, where we’ll be […]
March 5, 2025 – It’s fitting that our New Era hats are representing one of the best cities in the United States, acknowledged as such most recently by both Tripadvisor and Resonance, the latter a national real estate and tourism advisory firm. Nashville finished No. 6 in the Best of the Best Destinations list on Tripadvisor’s Travelers’ Choice Awards, ahigher mark than […]
February 27, 2025 – Bob Kendrick’s hat swap is live, and we’ve begun our week of promotions leading into the launch of the hats on Monday, March 3, at 12:00 p.m. CT!Share our content — on Instagram, X, Facebook and TikTok — with your friends, families and networks, and engage with the posts so we can build this up before our big release!
February 20, 2025 – “This may not be a Major League town yet, but during the offseason, Music City transforms into a big league training ground.” Last week, MLB.com contributor Ben Weinrib pointed to Nashville’s appeal for yet another aspect of Major League Baseball: offseason training. From prospect to veteran, American League to National League, first-time visitor to […]
February 13, 2025 – We’ve already made it through more than a month of 2025! If it feels like the year has been flying by, then Nashville International Airport (BNA) plans to fly even faster and farther, with its sights set on several major milestones this year. That momentum comes in the wake of a record-setting […]
February 5, 2025 – Nashville has demonstrated its readiness — and willingness — to welcome additional professional sports franchises to Middle Tennessee, and the Stars are excited to support the latest initiative in that effort: the Tennessee Summitt. The Summitt, named in memory of the late University of Tennessee’s eight-time national champion head coach Pat […]
January 29, 2025 – On the heels of Nashville’s 40th annual celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, several members of the Nashville Stars Baseball Club headed west to Kansas City to visit the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum and get the tour from President and Nashville Stars Board Member Bob Kendrick. “Any time you come here, it’s just magical,” […]
January 23, 2025 – The Stars look good on you, Donnie Baseball! Nashville Stars Baseball Advisor and Toronto Blue Jays bench coach Don Mattingly was the featured speaker at the Nashville Old Timers Baseball Association’s annual banquet last Sunday. He made sure to catch up with our team for our latest “hat swap” as we launch […]
January 23, 2025 – The Stars look good on you, Donnie Baseball! Nashville Stars Baseball Advisor and Toronto Blue Jays bench coach Don Mattingly was the featured speaker at the Nashville Old Timers Baseball Association’s annual banquet last Sunday. He made sure to catch up with our team for our latest “hat swap” as we launch […]
January 15, 2025 – A walk down most streets in the heart of Nashville reveals what many of us already know: Nashville is an amazing place to live and to visit. Middle Tennessee also carries immense appeal in the corporate segment, as Music City — and the state of Tennessee as a whole — are among […]
December 18, 2024 – Nashville is a championship-level city, on and off the field. And its appeal for hosting a major sports championship on the field — welcoming thousands of fans to spend time at the game and around the city — is on display once again. The NCAA Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) announced last week that Nashville […]
November 6, 2024 – “We are the ship … all else, the sea.” Quoting the description of the Negro Leagues delivered by Rube Foster, recognized by the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum as the “father of Black baseball, ”Negro Leagues Baseball Museum president and Nashville Stars Board Member Bob Kendrick applauded the impact of the first Negro Leagues […]
November 3, 2024 – If you are a teenager or a young adult, or have a friend or family member who is, there’s a good chance that you were glued to the World Series. And you have plenty of company. The first two games of the World Series registered a 93% increase in viewership within the 18-34 […]
October 23, 2024 – This fall in Nashville is presenting pretty afternoons for golf, nice mornings for fishing, and plenty of exciting baseball, all of which Texas Rangers Baseball Club manager and Nashville Stars Baseball Advisor Bruce Bochy is enjoying. But he’d rather be somewhere else. As the Los Angeles Dodgers and the New York Yankees begin their 12th World Series […]
October 2, 2024 – Major League Baseball has supported Stand Up to Cancer and its programs for more than 15 years, and one of our own advisors is taking his own stand. After losing his father to cancer 10 years ago, Nashville Stars Music Industry Advisor Mitchell Tenpenny launched The 10Penny Fund, which invests in sustainable […]
September 18, 2024 – Bottom of the 10th. Game tied. Runners in scoring position. And coming to the plate is the Captain. It’s a moment that kids have staged on the sandlot, in school hallways, and in their dreams for more than a century. It’s the hero moment when all comes together, the game rests […]
August 28, 2024 – In a career of baseball highlights and successes, Barry Zito points to one October night on the mound in St. Louis as his best MLB moment…and for him, it was about redemption. It was October 19, 2012. Game 5 of the NLCS. The Cardinals were up 3 games to 1 in […]
July 10, 2024 – From sporting events to business trips, concerts to holiday travel — like the 4th of July celebration last week in Music City, which welcomed a record 355,000 visitors — and other fun trips with family and friends, the appeal is clear: Travelers from around the world want to be in Nashville. And they’re […]
June 26, 2024 – When your childhood nickname is Baby Fernando Valenzuela, you know that you’re always going to be connected to baseball. When you have the opportunity to design apparel for Nike that bears the Jordan name, you know you’re working in the big leagues. And when you get the call to help create the […]
June 5, 2024 – Major League Baseball (MLB) has received accolades for its recent actions to embrace the history of the Negro Leagues, most recently with last week’s announcement that MLB has integrated Negro Leagues players and their statistics into its own historical records. This follows last month’s news that the league announced a joint program with […]
May 1, 2024 – Commercials, jersey patches, signs on stadium walls. We’ve all seen the various ways in which brands — across numerous industries — leverage the popularity of America’s favorite pastime to showcase their value to fans. Last fall, Rolling Stone demonstrated the key reasons why Major League Baseball (MLB)presents marketing opportunities to brands […]
April 24, 2024 – Nearly three years after finalizing the largest economic development deal in Nashville’s history, Oracle chairman and chief technology officer Larry Ellison hit a towering home run for Nashville with his announcement on Tuesday afternoon: Oracle will be moving its global headquarters to Music City. Ellison broke the news at an Oracle-hosted health care industry […]
April 10, 2024 – It was October 20, 1990. Hootie & the Blowfish was playing a set and started the opening chords of “Let Her Cry.” But they had a problem – there was no singer. Darius Rucker had left the mic. He hadn’t gotten sick. He hadn’t forgotten the words. Something bigger had happened. […]
March 20, 2024 – For most country music stars, the trip to Nashville begins with a dream to write music and perform on the stage of the Grand Ole Opry. For Nashville Stars Music Industry Advisor Julia Cole, the dream was certainly to write, but it wasn’t music that was on her mind. “I came […]
March 6, 2024 – What a welcome it was for passengers flying into Nashville International Airport last weekend when they were greeted with a 30-minute surprise performance by Keith Urban. That kind of unique welcome is one of the reasons why fans have been choosing Nashville as their top travel destination. In addition to the music […]
February 28, 2024 – The Nashville Stars are looking back to history to shape the future of baseball. In their efforts to bring Major League Baseball into Nashville, the Stars are building their brand to bring the city’s Negro Leagues history — from the team who took the field in the 1940s and 1950s — […]
February 28, 2024 – With No. 1 hits like “Drunk Me,” “Truth about You” and “At the End of the Bar,” multi-faceted country music entertainer, singer, songwriter, producer and performer Mitchell Tenpenny would be hard pressed to pick his favorite. But ask him about his favorite position to play on the baseball field and the […]
February 21, 2024 – When we imagine going to a baseball game, we think of a number of things. The grass. The dirt. The smell of ballpark food. The camaraderie with fellow fans. The sounds of the organ playing music, the vendors shouting “Peanuts, get your peanuts here!”, the crack of the bats and cheers […]
February 14, 2024 – “The cities that are performing at the top are really where jobs, wages and the high-tech sector are growing.” That comment from the Milken Institute’s latest “Best Performing Cities” report emphasizes the strength of a select group of cities, including Nashville. Our city earned a place among the top tier of cities […]