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Tennessee Titans’ plans for a new stadium are approved by the Nashville Metro Council…with a stunning $2.2BILLION vaulted ceiling facility scheduled to open in 2026
- Preliminary plans for the development have been approved by Nashville
- Any finer details will need to be approved by the Metro Council in the future.
- A vaulted ceiling allows them to host the Super Bowl, Final Four and other events
- At $2.2 billion, this is projected to be the second most expensive stadium in history.
The next steps in the Tennessee Titans’ plans for a new stadium took a step forward when the Nashville Metropolitan Council approved their construction plans.
The council approved a term sheet on what is a proposed $2.2 billion domed stadium located next to Nissan Stadium, where the Titans currently play.
Council members voted 27-8-3 to accept the terms, but finer details still need to be approved and finalized with a goal of opening by 2026.
The Nashville Metropolitan Council has approved plans to develop a new stadium for the Titans
The stadium will have a vaulted ceiling, allowing it to host the Super Bowl and other events.
Plans say the facility will cover 1.7 million square feet with a capacity of about 60,000.
While the climate in central Tennessee is not known for being cold, the dome will allow them to host events such as the Super Bowl, Final Four, college football playoff games and other major sporting events.
Development of Nissan Stadium began in 1997 and it opened in 1999, having hosted the Titans, Nashville SC and the Tennessee State University football team.
A rendering of what the stadium will look like against the Nashville skyline, near where Nissan Stadium currently stands on the banks of the Cumberland River.
With a projected cost of $2.2 billion, this would be the second most expensive stadium in history.
The stadium lease will be funded in half by the Titans, NFL and personal seating licenses.
The rest of the funding will come from a hotel tax paid by tourists, stadium sales tax on both the NFL and the stadium campus, and the rest will come from the state.
At $2.2 billion, this is projected to be the second most expensive stadium development in history, behind the $5.5 billion spent to build SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles.