The Music City Center, currently under construction in downtown Nashville is a multi-use convention facility designed to be Nashville’s next landmark building. It has a unique curvilinear design facade and features an extensive outdoor border of green space suitable for outdoor concerts and events. Adjacent to the Bridgestone Arena and the Country Music Hall of Fame, the Music City Center is just a short distance away from the Broadway area honky tonks where Nashville earned its reputation as “Music City”. Official groundbreaking for the project was held March 2010 and the new building is slated to open in early 2013.
Designed by Atlanta-based tvsdesign (formerly Thompson, Ventulett, and Stainback Associates) and Nashville-based Tuck Hinton Architects and Moody-Nolan Architects, the Music City Center has a total square footage including parking of 2.1 million square feet. The actual building will be 1.2 million square feet, featuring a 350,000 square foot exhibit hall, a 57,000 grand ballroom and 18,000 square foot junior ballroom, and about 1,800 parking spaces. It also offers 90,000 square feet of meeting room space.