Talk:Bridgestone Arena

Media
The name isn't likely to stay that way much longer. However, I have yet to see anyone in the Nashville Media refer to the building as anything other than the Gaylord Entertainment Center. --jwhouk 02:11, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

Improper move
I bumped into this site by accident, and discovered it had been moved to Nashville Arena via cut-and-paste. I have no interests either way as to what name the page is under, but it should be moved properly (by an admin), so that the edit history remains with the article. See Help:Moving a page for further information on proceedures for moving or renaming a page. Thanks. - BillCJ 07:01, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

Page move
Please wait until March 16, 2007 to move this page to Nashville Arena. The arena doesn't change its name until that date. See: http://www.nashvillecitypaper.com/index.cfm?section_id=9&screen=news&news_id=55008 Thank you. --Zpb52 23:47, 15 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Uh, that's in four hours! (Actually right now, Zulu time). I'm not some over-eager fanboy, but a serious editor trying to make sure this move gets done right. I made several other changes to page that just the name, including expanding the text in several places. If you make the move, I'd appreciate it if you'd use that diff. Thanks.


 * In addition, I asked an admin to make the move, including telling him the arena naming was tomorrow. He evidently agreed with my reasoning. - BillCJ 00:21, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

Bad link
The link to the story about the planned new scoreboard gets this message: "Error: Invalid story key (DN,20070112,SPORTS02,701120420,AR)." The link needs to be updated or removed--and if it's removed, the comment that it links from needs to be deleted. 4.243.146.55 06:06, 6 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Or, a new link can be found, ot at least a fact placed. Will look into it after my sleep period. - BillCJ 07:50, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

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Short description revert
Hi, please do not revert wholesale all the changes in an edit simply because you disagree with one small aspect of it. This is unnecessary and disrespectful. Also, try not to be rude in your summaries. While I agree with you that the s/d is meant to be kept brief, this doesn't mean you should remove important explanatory words from it. The short description currently on the article not only repeats a word already in the title (arena), but it doesn't provide sufficient information, in my opinion. For example, why do you not think it's important to mention what city in Tennessee the arena is in?! Revirvlkodlaku (talk) 20:30, 13 April 2022 (UTC)


 * My edit summary was terse, not rude. I try to keep them short too. BilCat (talk) 20:37, 13 April 2022 (UTC)
 * you have not addressed the points I made above: "While I agree with you that the s/d is meant to be kept brief, this doesn't mean you should remove important explanatory words from it. The short description currently on the article not only repeats a word already in the title (arena), but it doesn't provide sufficient information, in my opinion. For example, why do you not think it's important to mention what city in Tennessee the arena is in?!" Please do so instead of deflecting. Revirvlkodlaku (talk) 22:35, 13 April 2022 (UTC)

Sourcing the nicknames
The infobox here lists two “nicknames” for the Bridgestone Arena, both with a [citation needed] tag.

I’m able to find a few oblique references to the “Smashville” name on the venue’s website, in event announcements and press releases:
 * https://www.bridgestonearena.com/events/detail/smashville-summer-spectactular
 * https://www.bridgestonearena.com/news/detail/ncaa-march-madness-returns-to-smashville

Additionally, I see one on a local news site: https://fox17.com/amp/sports/inside-smashville/smashville-throws-free-outdoor-viewing-parties-for-preds-playoff-games-nhl-stanley-cup-playoffs-tennessee-nashville

Do any of these rise to the level of a good Wikipedia source?

For the “Tire Barn” name, I’m coming up short, aside from some random blog posts. Perhaps that line should just be removed.

Scoott2016 (talk) Scoott2016 (talk) 01:05, 24 April 2024 (UTC)


 * From a local, it’s Smashville. I mean look at the main photo, it says it there ItsDankin (talk) 02:07, 26 May 2024 (UTC)
 * The Tire Barn is a reference to bridgestone, which is a tire company. People don’t really call it that though ItsDankin (talk) 02:10, 26 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Fair enough. I've removed the "tire barn" nickname and added an NHL blog post as corroboration for the "smashville" one https://www.nhl.com/predators/news/this-month-in-smashville-history-march Scoott2016 (talk) 16:44, 26 May 2024 (UTC)