 With the Titans having played on Thursday night football in Green Bay obviously there's no game this weekend So Mike and Amy are answering questions about the Titans new stadium project on this episode of Titans all-access And that starts right now I Welcome to Titans all-access with Amy Wells. I'm Mike Keith and with no Titans game this weekend We have stepped outside of the bet MGM studio to talk about the hottest topic among Titans fans right now Derek Henry Maybe not the second hottest topic among Titans fans right now the new stadium Everybody has questions. We've got answers. Let's start with this. Where's the new stadium going to be built? Right here right here. We're in the parking lots outside of Nissan Stadium closer to the interstate so in these parking lots is where they're gonna drop in the new structure that will be ready in either 2026 or 2027 It's a great thing excited about it and excited that we get to stay in this general area Which brings us to our Hughes and Coleman decision of the week Why is this the perfect location for the new stadium because it's such a great location in Nashville It's right in the middle of everything. You're so close to downtown. You're so close to the interstate Really the Tennessee Titans right now have one of the best locations in the national football league So why not stay here? Absolutely just build the new stadium right next to the old one and then you have some Abilities to develop even further in the future. Okay, so what about Nissan Stadium? Can the Titans still play there while the construction of the new stadium is happening? Absolutely they can. Oh, that's great We don't have to move. Nope So we'll be able to play there while they're building here and get ready for what comes next after that and that is When we're in the new building what happens to Nissan Stadium? Well, it goes away. It goes away. Yes, but again the development opportunities There's a lot of opportunities for some enhancement to that area Yeah, this whole area on this side of the river is going to be spectacular It's really going to end up being maybe the new center of the city At least that's what we're hoping because of all the possibilities and all the excitement the stadium capacity will be 60 Thousand why is that perfect for the new Titans facility? Our president and CEO Burke Nyhill has a better answer to that than either one of us could probably give Let's build the right building with the right seats not start with an arbitrary number for capacity That was frankly old thinking and what you end up with is you end up with some seats that are that are not great Viewing and and game experiences. So when we say a 60,000 person capacity, we're talking about 60,000 great experiences in that building We'll hear more from Burke Nyhill later in this edition of Titans all access But when we come back you've got questions about your psls and your tickets We've got answers on this special Titans all access I always have the fans in my thoughts whenever I make a decision whether if it's Something to do with football or something to do with the stadium or something to do with the new stadium I'm always thinking about what are my fans? What are they going to like? And you know whether I'm out in the tailgates with them or wherever we are It's just fun being with them and hearing their thoughts and and I'm listening There's probably nobody more excited about the new titan stadium than owner Amy Adams strunk and she mentions the fans and that she thinks about the fans and everything she does 100% true We're thinking about the fans right now as we bring in Jim Rice who is the titan senior director for ticket sales and we get to hit some hot topics with jim Thanks for being on the show jim glad to be here mic excited to see what you got for me Jim we want to start in immediately by talking about questions that current PSL holders have in nissan stadium about the new stadium I guess the first question is do current PSL holders get first dibs or credit in the new stadium? Yeah, I mean that's a that's a question we'd be getting a lot over the phone Especially when it comes to fans where we're trying to get on board as new season ticket members at the current building You know, obviously we've been going through this process for several months now and I can tell you From the start Amy Burke the rest of the leadership team has made it a focus as an organization to prioritize our PSL holders and In season ticket members and yes, we will be giving them dibs as you say And then along with that a full credit in line with the value of the PSL Based on the year in which they acquired it jim. I've had a lot of people already asked me Can I go ahead and buy tickets in the new stadium? Great question mic? No, not yet But like I just mentioned the the best way to jump on board and get access to that would be To become a season ticket member where that's now or if you want to wait until after, you know, all the approvals are made But uh, plan would be to to push out communications sometime in in 2023 on what that what that process would look like Finally, how do people learn more about buying tickets in the future? Yeah, Amy. There's there's several ways Obviously, they can follow us on social media, you know all the platforms that the cool kids are using these days They can visit us at Tennessee Titans dot com forward slash tickets Which will show all the the current offerings we have whether that's season tickets single game tickets partial plans And the other special offers were running If they want to stay updated on new stadium info, they can go to Tennessee Titans dot com forward slash new stadium Our pr team and marketing team have done a really good job of keeping that updated with renderings and videos and in need to know information or You know, I'd strongly suggest if they're looking at information for either the current building or the new building to give us a call We've got reps standing by Monday through Friday occasionally on the weekend. Uh, so just give us a shout 615 565 4200 That's our guy Jim Rice senior director of ticket sales with a lot of good information Speaking of good information talking ball with john robinson always provides it It is next as the gm has some good things to say About what he's excited about in the new stadium. Stay tuned A new stadium taught my new events new Super Bowl World cup, you know, I'm saying stuff like that. So I think it's going to continue to bring more, you know More people to this city. Uh, so so it's great just long term for this entire community All right, mike. We've talked about a lot of the logistics of getting a new stadium But let's get down to the good stuff. Here's what everybody really wants to know Is nashville going to get a super bowl because of the new stadium? Well, you know what I did I went to the commissioner of the national football league roger gadel and ask him that very question Do we get a super bowl when the new stadium is ready to go? You know that the super bowl is becoming an incredible event I think this community they showed us where they raised the bar in the draft I think they have the opportunity here to raise the bar for the super bowl I think the stadium itself is an important piece of that But it's much more behind that it's it's really all the infrastructure, but more importantly this community's enthusiasm for making This be on a global stage here and so I look forward to that day So he didn't give a 100 percent yes answer by any stretch of the imagination because he's not going to But he didn't say no But he didn't say no and the thing that he really went into was how impressed Everyone was when nashville hosted the 2019 nfl draft nashville's blown everybody away by their ability to put on big events The nfl has seen it themselves from their own experience with the draft And I don't think there's any question when this beautiful new facility is ready to go It's going to be a super bowl right here. Maybe oh, it might be over there or right here right here We're in the parking lot where they're going to build it. We're not sure this is the exact anyway Moving right along time for some talking ball Presented by duncan you had a chance to visit with the gm john robinson to get some of his thoughts About the new titan stadium. I did and I'd preview it, but it's better if we just hit it John nissan stadium has always had a great home field advantage with the new stadium with a roof and a little louder noise Is the titan's home field advantage going to increase? I mean, I certainly hope so. It's there's nothing like it on sunday afternoons when You know, we need a big third downstop or we score touchdown to hear our fans erupt and you know the sound escapes out the top but Hopefully with a roof over the top it kind of reverberates back down and It becomes even more intimidating for our opponents When thinking about the new stadium as players as coaches as staff What does it say to you about amy adam's struck in the investment that she's making in this organization? Yeah, I mean we I've seen it ever since I've gotten her her commitment to the organization Her commitment to the football team with the upgraded facilities The day I got here with a new locker room and it's been every single year that she's has You know invested in the football team invested in the community and now Now this new stadium is just another step and another show of her Commitment to the titans her football team and the city of nashville You're a native tennessee and so you remember the pride that everybody felt with the tennessee titans came to town and Got their own stadium Now with this new stadium Is that just another step in the amount of pride that everyone can feel about this organization? I certainly think so. I mean it's going to be a first-class facility I can't remember when you know when the team moved here and Used to be an old shipbuilding yard and We replaced it with an nfl stadium, which I thought was really really cool And now the expansiveness that it's going to take on It's going to be the place to be you know in downtown nashville and i'm just excited to see it unfold Now mike those were some great thoughts from the general manager But I want to clear up a couple things make sure we're all on the same page. That's a good idea So mike it has a roof the building will have a roof Which is why it will be able to host the biggest events in the world And all kinds of things for the people of nashville the people of middle tennessee tennessee It's going to be a fantastic facility for everything largely because of the roof Is that roof retractable? The roof is not retractable. No, it is not. So what is this roof made of? It's made of e-t-f-e Mike what is e-t-f-e? I actually know this it's ethylene tetra floral ethylene What is that? Well, what it ends up being and I i'm not a i'm not a chemist So I don't know for sure, but the roof is going to be translucent Like the sky like the sky which is why the new stadium here in downtown nashville will have an incredible Feel that we're going to talk about with berkneihill And one of the architects on the project from manica keith robinson coming up in our nissan insider next on titan's all access We welcome you back to titan's all access in case you're just joining us. Obviously, this is not the bed mgm studio We're standing in the parking lot or parking lots Where they will be building the new football stadium here for the tennessee titans and for everything that nashville wants to do We're excited to answer your questions about some of the basics And I had a chance to sit down with titans president and ceo berkneihill And manica architectures keith robinson to ask about some specifics of design That's this week's nissan insider Why was it necessary to go ahead and start putting the renderings in place and coming up with a plan now The reason why we needed to to get a concept This uh, this specific is for two reasons One we needed to know whether a building could actually be built in those parking lots. Sure It's it seems like when you look at uh an overhead shot There's a stadium shaped parking lot uh off to the east But it's really not as easy as it seems to just superimpose one building onto the other other parking lot And we needed to know does it fit when you talk about getting a loading dock to to get buses underneath the building And and can you can you build a building while still operating nissan stadium with construction? Putdown areas and that sort of thing So that was one the second is uh, we are really really serious about being sure That uh, we can build a building on a budget the whole time that we're working with manica Keith and his team We were also talking to contractors and we wanted to have a real building that could be built And we we got feedback from contractors about the cost of that building We would send them concepts and get their feedback about this material versus that material Which one is is going to be a durable material that that's going to offer some cost savings, right? We know in this building how many doors are in that building how much those doors would cost to to purchase and install So the budget that we've worked through with mayor cooper and his team is a real budget keith What were the parts of developing this plan that were exciting and maybe even challenging for you and the folks at manica? Well virk touched on a lot of the challenges that we faced I think the site was probably one of the biggest hurdles that we had to overcome You know, it's part of the bigger development It's not a sort of isolated building. I think there's an analogy in the past about stadiums sort of behaving as though They're the center of the sun right and everything else orbits around them in this case This particular site was unique because you're creating something a lot of teams dream of being able to do from the ground up so Designing a very compact building that was sort of a good neighbor Each direction it faced for different reasons to tie into a broader vision and development for the city was very important What were the principles that guided This development from start to this point virk first the building had to be genuine mashville mashville has a soul mashville is a is a place that is rich in character and so we we wanted to build a building that It's it's going to be an iconic building for the city And so the design really needs to reflect mashville in a pure and genuine way So we did a lot of studying about what that even means right you kind of know when you see it, but we did a lot of research Into all neighborhoods in in mashville and in the history of mashville and the great buildings of mashville The design is inspired by it by being genuine mashville. The next is having a great fan experience This is a building that if you're starting from scratch Everyone walking through those doors whether it's for a titans game a concert a community event Should have a great experience. And then the third is diversity of experience Nissan stadium today has it's been a great home for for the titans and other events in mashville for years But there's really only four experiences. There's a lower bowl an upper bowl clubs and suites This is a total paradigm shift this next building will have 15 or 20 different experiences from a premium experience All the way to a very social experience. So a millennial for example can enjoy a game-long tailgate inside the building And and and have a more social experience So those are the three principles that guided us the one that jumps out to me kief Really is about the experience part for the fans inside because one thing we've always said about nissan stadium It's a great place to go watch a ball game. The sight lines have always been good How do you maintain that principle in the new titan state? Well, it starts by pulling the fans as close as we can for the league standard. So that means Um as you work your way around the field the fans will be as close as they possibly could be to the game of play And then we're going to max out the steepness of this bowl to pull everybody in it's tight and come back as we can Which adds Both, you know the proximity to the field would feel much closer to the fan But also when you think about these things as a vessel of space We're containing more people in the shorter volume of space, which means it will be louder and the energy will sort of prevail throughout So looking at the renderings of the roof We're we're not talking about the old dome. We're talking about something completely new That will give the stadium an amazing feel in daytime and night So fire stadium in los angeles and allegiance stadium in las vegas have have similar translucent roofs And having stepped foot in those buildings Um, it's it's a third thing. There's inside There's outside and then there's the feeling of being in an indoor facility with the translucent roof So the daylight is coming through and and we're looking to add this new dimension as well With with a lot of glass on the sides, perhaps making those garage doors So you could actually get a cross breeze coming through so daylight coming through the roof Cross breeze coming through the windows on the sides. It's going to be an incredible experience Keith, how is this going to compare to other stadiums in the nfl other new developments that Mannequin has taken part in it will be uniquely in ashville So I think when people see not only what it looks like on the outside But that is sort of reinforcing what's happening on the inside of that building to what berk just said about The indoor aspect of this. So I think in a lot of ways it's going to set a different bar for the nfl It's a much different sort of architecture for an nfl stadium But it's uniquely fit and perfect for nashville Nashville's the top five city in america in terms of chef driven restaurants It's always a tremendous honor to be able to represent the city nashville is freaking amazing Hey, it's matt moore. Be sure to check out taste of tennessee exclusively on lg channels and lg ola tvs Your dad took a chance on this city Over a quarter century ago. I'd say it's worked out. Okay If he were if he were here right now And he saw the renderings we're going to take a look at in just a minute And he knew what the plan was and how people have come together to make this happen What in the world did he say? Oh my gosh, he'd be so excited You know, I'm going to tell you a little story about my dad when he was Making the move from houston Nashville was the only city he would look at and the people that were helping him tried to getting Go to l.a. Mr. Adams. You need to at least see these other spots and he wasn't having it. He was like I'm going to nashville. Mayor brettison and I are going to get this done He loved Tennessee and he loved nashville and there was going to be no other home for him So he would be so proud and probably patting himself on the back and didn't I do good But we all think that sure. Yeah, well, he had a gut feeling about it. He did. He did. I mean The the east bank was warehouses and you know, he he saw something special He wanted the stadium there and and it's it's worked out great We hope you've enjoyed this edition of titans all access where We've had a chance to answer some of the big questions about the new titan stadium The new great nashville stadium that's going to be built right in this spot I have one more question that I want answered from my partner. Amy wells What are you looking most forward to about this entire development? Which is going to be such a special place, you know, it's actually an area outside of the stadium It's the plaza area. There's going to be big screens. There's going to be a lot of open space It's going to be a community gathering place so there can be movie nights There can be farmers markets and all these different things beyond just what happens on sunday So excited for it to be a place where the entire community can enjoy the area and it's great for families So if you have a young daughter, you're probably going to be down here a lot I do have a young daughter and I will be down here a lot and I have an older daughter And we'll be down here a lot too. It'd be great. So, uh, we're just so excited about all of this and Appreciate titans fans everywhere and their enthusiasm as the process moves on You see it you hear about it and you take part in what is going to be the next big moment for the titans But the next actual moment for the titans comes at Nissan stadium next sunday when we host Cincinnati We'll get you ready for the game with the Bengals with a very special Nissan insider. It's a surprise Ooh And we'll be back in the bed MGM studio as well That's good. That's good too. Yes for him be wells. I'm Mike Keith. Hope you have a happy Thanksgiving and we'll see you next time