FBA 2018 Media Guide FLIP (2)

Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl
Designated team hotels:
Both Teams -- Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center
2800 Opryland Drive
Nashville, TN 37214
615-889-100
Designated media hotel:
Nashville Renaissance Hotel John Young, contact
611 Commerce Street 615-493-4036
Nashville, TN 37203
John.Young@renaissancehotels.com
Local airport: Nashville International Airport (BNA); American, American Eagle,
American Connection, Delta, Delta Connection, Frontier, Southwest, United, US
Airways, US Airways Express, AirCanada
Local tourism bureau: Nashville Convention & Visitors Corporation, 1-800-657-6910
Prominent area tourist attractions:
Opryland Resort and Convention Center, Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum,
Grand Ole Opry House, Ryman Auditorium, Lower Broadway-The District,
Cheekwood, Music Row, First Visual Arts Museum, The Hermitage, Centennial Park-
The Parthenon, Opry Mills
DIRECTIONS
>From main arrival airport to stadium:
Go on I-40 West toward Knoxville (5.9 miles), keep right onto I-24 West via Exit 211
(0.7 miles), take Exit 49 Shelby Avenue/LP Field, turn left onto Shelby Avenue, turn
right onto South 2nd Street and Nissan Stadium will be in front.
>From main arrival airport to media hotel:
Go on I-40 West toward Knoxville (5.9 miles), take Exit 210C/U.S. Hwy. 31A/U.S Hwy.
41A South/2nd Ave./4th Ave., turn right onto 2nd Ave. South (0.8 miles), turn left
onto Broadway (0.2 miles), turn right onto 5th Avenue North (0.1 miles), take first
left onto Commerce Street and Nashville Renaissance Hotel will be on the left.
>From media hotel to stadium:
Head northeast on Commerce Street toward 6th Ave. North (0.2 miles), turn left
onto 3rd Avenue North (0.2 miles), turn right onto Woodland Street (0.3 miles), turn
right onto South 1st St.
Other Trivia:
-The Music City Bowl is one of only a handful of bowls nationally in which both a kicker
and a punter have won the MVP award.
-The Music City Bowl has a history of compelling games and upsets. The favored team
has won only seven times in the bowl’s 16-year history.
-The bowl game is part of Nashville’s Holiday Tradition. “Music City” is ranked as one of
the U.S.’s top destination cities for entertainment and Southern hospitality.
-The bowl was started when Nissan Stadium was built as part of the relocation of the
Houston Oilers to Tennessee. The first game in 1998 was played at Vanderbilt Stadium.
Major Media in the area:
The Tennesseean WKRN-TV 2 (ABC) WSMV-TV 4 (NBC)
Nashville City Paper WTVF-TV5 (CBS) WZTV-TV 17 (Fox)
104.5 FM The Zone Radio WNSR-AM Radio
102.5 FM The Game Radio Associated Press bureau
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