Last night, the Nashville MLS group unveiled its stadium proposal to the Metro Council as part of an effort to secure public financing for the stadium to be built at the Fairgrounds site, pending Nashville being awarded an expansion franchise.
Also present: Vanderbilt Vice Chancellor/Athletic Director David Williams. Williams stated that Vanderbilt is exploring the possibility of relocating home football games to a new Fairgrounds stadium, if it’s built.
At this point, we have to ask: why is this still going on?
Earlier this year, Vanderbilt took what was essentially a push poll of fans and alumni, asking fans if they’d be interested in all sorts of upgrades to Vanderbilt Stadium before ending with, basically, "would you want an off-campus stadium that came with all of the things we just asked you about?