Nashville SC: Somehow, some way, stadium project stays on schedule

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The Nashville SC expansion 2017 bid hinged mightily on rock-solid stadium plans. Those plans aimed at a 30,000-seat soccer-specific venue to go on the historic fairgrounds. After balking initially, Nashville Mayor John Cooper reviewed the plans and in February last year gave the project his approval. On Valentine’s Day, the Save Our Fairgrounds citizens’ group filed an injunction.

Somehow, demolition to make room for the 22-acre stadium complex got underway. But directors found asbestos. A June 4 trial date loomed. Things got really tricky. In fact, embattled is a conservative description.

Critics of preserving all the fairgrounds argued that…