![]() ![]() The franchise has put $36 million back into Bridgestone Arena, America's "Venue of the Year" as voted by Pollstar. Nashville has sold out a club record 30 NHL games this season. ![]() So, hey, I don't know what that means for someone not wearing gold." ![]() For any team that has such strong local support as this one, the most dominant color in an arena is your own logo. "I'm not sure what the byproduct of growing your own culture might be," Henry said. On Monday Predators president and COO Sean Henry smiled away a suggestion of any coordinated campaign against a national fan base like Chicago's. The tactics have been playfully downplayed in public. StubHub responded in turn, rallying to help Chicago fans get into Games 1 and 2 in Nashville. Online purchases required a credit card upon entry, an attempt to block secondary market sites like StubHub from letting Chicago fans swarm scalpers. Physical copies of Western Conference Playoff tickets were first sold exclusively at local grocery stores. Nashville has plotted all week to again "Keep The Red Out," a seasons-long initiative to stifle visiting and transplanted 'Hawks fans from being seen and heard inside Bridgestone Arena. Chicago Blackhawks fans have a custom of cheering loudly through the national anthem, and the noise carries when their bandwagon travels. This infuriates the small pockets of red. Most of the assembled fans expected any one of the usual local country music staples, but instead Nashville mayor Karl Dean quickly urges the entire crowd to join together and sing along. NASHVILLE - The man walks out, microphone in hand, and the national anthem begins with little warning. ![]()
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