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5 days ago
- Business
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Downtown Nashville businesses gear up for 2025 CMA Fest
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – CMA Fest is expanding its footprint in downtown Nashville this year, so local businesses are gearing up for the influx of crowds on Broadway and beyond. 'It's like the championship of bartenders for downtown,' Faith Vaughns, a bartender at Mellow Mushroom, said. Downtown bars are used to being busy during the summer in Music City, but employees in that area told News 2 CMA Fest is something they prepare for every year. CMA Fest 2025: See which roads plan to close in downtown Nashville 'It gets pretty crazy. It's insane,' Vaughns added. 'There's so much going on. Everybody's in town for it. There's drinking, there's eating, there's several things to do down here.' Each year, thousands of fans come from all over the world to experience the four-day event hosted by the Country Music Association. 'We look forward to it,' Shelby Denman, a bartender at Teddy's Tavern, told News 2. 'It's like our busiest time of the year, too, and I'll be working here and CMAs, so it'll be a big, busy, long weekend.' The festival features multiple stages, concerts with some of the biggest names in country music, and several other activities throughout the city. Who's performing at CMA Fest? See the full 2025 lineup 'People aren't just here to be on Broadway and bar hop and stuff; they're here for CMAs and to be here and see all of that happening, so it's like they're here with a purpose, I guess, instead of just here to bar hop,' Denman explained. Downtown businesses encourage people to use rideshare apps, park smart, wear plenty of sunscreen, and stay hydrated in the summer heat. 'Most of the people that work down here, I mean, they work doubles, opens, 'clopens,' and it's a lot of hard work; it's a lot of blood, sweat, and tears that go into kind of the hosting and everything that goes into CMA Fest,' Vaughns described. Everything kicks off on Thursday, June 5, with performances scheduled every day through Sunday, June 8. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
USA Today
26-05-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
UFL HC says ex-Steelers WR Tyler Vaughns is NFL ready — will he reunite with Pittsburgh?
UFL HC says ex-Steelers WR Tyler Vaughns is NFL ready — will he reunite with Pittsburgh? Ex-Steelers WR Tyler Vaughns has put the UFL on notice — and with Pittsburgh's offense sorely needing all the receiver help it can get, is a reunion in the Steel City really that far-fetched? The former USC Trojan struggled to find his footing in the NFL right after college — signing with the Colts in 2021 as an undrafted free agent, before being quickly scooped up by the Steelers and joining Pittsburgh's practice squad soon after. Vaughns put together a fantastic 2022 preseason performance — but it wasn't enough to make the Steelers' 53-man roster, as he was released before ever playing an NFL regular season snap. He would, however, make an impact on the Arlington Renegades — as his offensive efforts helped propel the team to an XFL championship in 2023. He finished second in receiving yards during his first year in the spring league and led the Renegades in receiving for both the 2024 and 2025 seasons. Renegades HC Bob Stoops was recently asked if he would recommend Vaughns to NFL teams, and this was his response: "Oh, absolutely. Tyler Vaughns has been sensational — just makes tough, difficult catches. And you know, the DBs in this league are good players, too." Vaughns' one-handed, circus-like TD catch went viral last week — and he seems like a perfect fit to return to the receiver-needy Steelers in 2025.
