The Metro Council's vote Tuesday night likely ensures a new stadium will open in 2026.
, where Cooper's administration is pitching new roads, sidewalks, greenways and bike lanes amid hundreds of acres of mixed-use development.Cooper celebrated the successful vote as a benefit to taxpayers. He has argued tourists, fans and shoppers at the surrounding campus will be the ones paying for the stadium.
"This deal is about way more than football. It’s about what is best for Nashville’s financial future," Cooper said.The Titans' new stadium would receive more total taxpayer funding — $1.26 billion — than any NFL stadium project ever. By comparison, the recently approved $1.4 billion Buffalo Bills project comes withCritics doubled down on their opposition during the meeting. Metro Councilmember Bob Mendes reiterated his concerns that there are too many unknowns to pass the deal now.
Skeptics also wonder why Nashville leaders move heaven and earth for a football stadium while chronic problems like homelessness, affordable housing and an inadequate public transportation system persist. "Where are our priorities as a city?" Councilmember Delishia Porterfield, who voted against the term sheet, asked. "Is our priority going to be to have the biggest, and the best and the Cadillac of NFL stadiums when we know that we have para-professionals that have to choose between gas and lunch; we have firefighters running three to a truck because they can't run the industry-standard of four to a truck ... we have constituents dying ...
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