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in dollars) | architect = HOK Sport Hart Freeland Roberts, Inc. | project_manager = Brookwood Group〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.brookwoodgroup.com/index.php?sec=3 )〕 | structural engineer = Thornton Tomasetti | services engineer = Smith Seckman Reid Inc. | general_contractor = Turner/Perini〔(Turner Construction - Sports Projects )〕 | former_names=Nashville Arena (1996–1999, 2007, 2010) Gaylord Entertainment Center (1999–2007) Sommet Center (2007–2010) | tenants = Nashville Predators (NHL) (1998–present) Nashville Kats (AFL) (1997–2001, 2005–2007) | seating_capacity = Basketball: 19,395 Ice hockey: 17,298 (1996–1999) 17,113 (1999–present) Concert: *End-stage 18,500 *Half-house 10,000 *Theatre: 5,145 *Center-stage 20,000 | dimensions = }} Bridgestone Arena (originally Nashville Arena and formerly Gaylord Entertainment Center and Sommet Center) is an all-purpose venue in downtown Nashville, Tennessee, that was completed in 1996. ==Ownership and usage== Designed by Populous (formerly HOK Sport) in conjunction with the Nashville-based architecture/engineering firm Hart Freeland Roberts, INC., it was designed at an angle on the corner of Broadway and 5th Avenue in Nashville in physical homage to the historic Ryman Auditorium, the original home of the Grand Ole Opry.〔http://predators.nhl.com/club/page.htm?id=36970〕 The Bridgestone Arena is owned by the Sports Authority of Nashville and Davidson County and operated by Powers Management Company, a subsidiary of the Nashville Predators National Hockey League franchise, which has been its primary tenant since 1998. The Predators hosted the NHL Entry Draft here in 2003. In 1997, it was the venue of the United States Figure Skating Association national championships, and in 2004 hosted the U.S. Gymnastics championships. It was the home of the Nashville Kats franchise of the Arena Football League from 1997 until 2001, and hosted the team's revival from 2005 to 2007, when the Kats folded. The venue has also hosted numerous concerts and religious gatherings, and some major basketball events, including both men's (2001, 2006, 2010) and women's tournaments of the Southeastern Conference and the Ohio Valley Conference. Nashville will serve as a primary venue for the SEC Men's Basketball Tournament nine times between 2015 and 2025 (2015-2017, 2019-2021, and 2023-2025) after the SEC signed a long-term agreement with the Nashville Sports Council in 2013.〔()〕 It hosted the 2014 NCAA Women's Final Four and will host women's tournaments in 2018, 2022, and 2026.〔()〕 Since 2002, it has also hosted a PBR Built Ford Tough Series bull riding event every year (except in 2005 and 2006) until 2010. The event moved to the Arena in 2002 after having previously occupied the Municipal Auditorium from 1994 to 2001; during the venue's first year hosting this event, the Built Ford Tough Series was known as the Bud Light Cup. In odd-numbered years, the arena was regularly one of eight sites to host the first and second rounds of the men's NCAA Basketball Tournament for the first ten years of its existence, though it was taken out of the rotation for several years, partly due to the obsolete octagonal mid-1990s-style scoreboard that hung above the arena floor. It was replaced in the summer of 2007 by a new $5 million scoreboard and digital control room. The NCAA Tournament returned to Nashville in 2012. Beginning in 2006, the Country Music Association Awards have been held in the arena after the awards show moved from the Grand Ole Opry House with a one-year stop in New York City at Madison Square Garden in 2005. Due to the 2012 NHL Lockout, the Predators could not host a game until January 19, 2013. Instead, the arena hosted a Southern Professional Hockey League preseason game between the only other Tennessee pro hockey franchise, the Knoxville Ice Bears, and their cross-border rivals Huntsville Havoc on October 20. In recent years, fans of the St. Louis Blues regularly come to Bridgestone Arena in large numbers. After wins, Blues fans are known to fill the concourse with chants of "Let's Go Blues!" 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bridgestone Arena」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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