Nashville Activities: Sports

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• Centennial Sportsplex, 222 25th Avenue N, ☎ +1-615-862-8480, www.nashville.gov/sportsplex/index.htm. . Located in Centennial Park. Featuring two indoor ice skating rinks, two pools, indoor and outdoor tennis courts, and a fitness room. Call or check online for the schedules, as they vary from month to month. The Sportsplex is also a practice location for the Nashville Predators professional hockey team. Ice skating admission is $6 with skate rentals available for $2. Memberships are available..

• Nashville Predators, www.nashvillepredators.com. . The local NHL hockey team plays their home games at the Sommet Center, which is on Broadway in the heart of downtown. In May of 1998 the Predators were named the 27th franchise in league history and their first playoff game came in 2004. Tickets start at $19 and are available through Ticketmaster..

• Nashville Sounds, ☎ +1-615-242-4371, www.nashvillesounds.com. The local minor league baseball team currently plays in Greer Stadium, but talks about a brand new stadium are ongoing. General admission tickets $6, reserved seats $10..

• Tennessee Titans, www.titansonline.com. The local NFL football team plays their home games at LP Field, (formerly Adelphia Coliseum), which is located across the river from downtown (it's big, you'll see it). Once the Houston Oilers, the team was reborn as the Tennessee Titans in 1999.

• Vanderbilt University Athletics, vucommodores.cstv.com. The Vanderbilt Commodores are one of Nashville's great sports attractions. As members of the Southeastern Conference they compete with a wide range of colleges and universities throughout the southeast United States. The Commodores consistently hold their own in the SEC despite being the perennial underdog.

• www.nashville.gov/sportsplex/index.htm
• www.nashvillepredators.com
• www.nashvillesounds.com
• www.titansonline.com
• vucommodores.cstv.com