The Nashville Municipal Auditorium
(informally known locally as Municipal Auditorium
or simply Municipal
) was the primary indoor sports and concert venue in Nashville, Tennessee from the time of its completion in 1962 until the completion of the Sommet Center. The building will serve as the home court of the Nashville Broncs of the American Basketball Association beginning in November 2008.
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Preferred venue for major touring family shows
Having served the greater Nashville area with many diverse events for the past 45 years, today the Auditorium is the venue of choice for major touring family shows, such as
Sesame Street Live,
The Wiggles,
The Doodlebops,
Barney,
Bob the Builder, and Playhouse Disney Live.
Continues to host concerts
The venerable venue continues to serve niche concert markets, such as urban (Bow Wow, Young Buck, Young Jeezy), alternative rock (Foo Fighters, Fall Out Boy, Gym Class Heroes, Plain White T's, Breaking Benjamin, Three Days Grace, My Chemical Romance), oldies (1964 The Tribute, Rock & Roll Party with the Crystals, Tokens) and Hispanic concerts (Juan Gabriel, Los Tigres Del Norte).
Favorite venue for religious events
The Auditorium is also a favorite venue for religious events, having hosted Mt. Zion Baptist Church New Day Conference, Teenmania's Acquire the Fire, Dare 2 Share Ministries, and the Tennessee Baptist Convention Youth Evangelism Conference. Its first-ever event was a city-wide Church of Christ gospel meeting.
Sporting events
The NMA hosted the 1994
United States Gymnastic Championships as well as the 1996 Tour of World
Figure Skating Championships.
The Auditorium has hosted minor league hockey, with the teams known as the Dixie Flyers, South Stars, Knights, Nighthawks, and Ice Flyers. It has also hosted minor league basketball - Stars and Jammers, and women's professional basketball - Noise. It was a home court for the
Belmont University basketball teams while
Striplin Gym was being rebuilt into
Curb Event Center. Additionally, the NMA has hosted several
Ohio Valley Conference basketball tournaments, and the Auditorium is slated to host the OVC again in 2008.
Many
Professional wrestling events were hosted in the arena including the
World Wrestling Federation's second
In Your House PPV in
1995,
World Championship Wrestling's supercard show
Starrcade 1994-1996 and
TNA Slammiversary in June 2007.
The
Nashville Broncs, an
American Basketball Association expansion team, will begin its inaugural season at the NMA in November 2008.
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