Nashville is Music City.

You can feel it the moment you arrive in town. Music spills into the street along Broadway and Second Avenue. The energy and excitement of Music City is stimulating and contagious. All of these things combine to create a very unique brand for our city, and it is a brand that draws visitors and conventions to Nashville year after year.

“Under the direction of Mayor Karl Dean and the Metro Council, on January 19, 2010, financing was approved for the new Music City Center (MCC).  With financing now in place and construction set to begin in the coming weeks on the new, state-of-the-art Music City Center convention facility, there’s never been a more exciting time to plan a meeting in Nashville.

The new, high-performance Music City Center, located adjacent to the Sommet Center on the south side of Broadway, will more than double the downtown meeting and exhibit space available in the current convention center.

Plans call for the facility to be built out at approximately 1.2 million square feet and feature a 350,000-square-foot exhibit hall acoustically designed to double as a concert hall, more than 50 meeting rooms, two ballrooms and approximately 36 loading docks for the ultimate in flexibility and ease.

The MCC will offer stunning views of the Nashville skyline and, in keeping with the city’s commitment to sustainable development, boast a green roof. In addition, the building has been designed to capture Nashville’s best attributes and immerse visitors in the unique character of Music City.

The center is scheduled for completion in 2013, and convention planners are already reserving their dates.”