The Titans are an established, Nashville-based NFL team, generating economic impacts that extend far beyond football games.
June 9, 2026
Updated July 30, 2026The Tennessee Titans play at Nissan Stadium, an open-air venue built in 1999 with a capacity of 69,000. Beyond Titans games, the stadium hosts concerts, college football, international soccer, and family shows throughout the year. But the team had a bigger vision: a new, state-of-the-art enclosed stadium that could support major events like the Super Bowl and serve as a year-round community space for education and nonprofit use.
To make that vision a reality, the Titans needed to secure significant public funding, which meant proving the project’s value to the community first.
Tourism Economics built a comprehensive economic model to quantify the full impact of the Titans and the proposed stadium. The analysis covered direct attendee spending, team and stadium operations, and broader economic effects including employment, household income, and fiscal impacts.
The Titans received approval for $1.2 billion in public funding, the largest public subsidy for a stadium in U.S. history. Combined with private funding from the team, this investment will support construction of a new $2.1 billion stadium next to the current facility.
Construction is set to break ground in 2024, with the stadium ready by 2027. It will serve as a hub for major sporting events and community programming, as well as a lasting economic engine and job creator for Nashville.
The Titans received approval for $1.2 billion in public funding, the largest public subsidy for a stadium in the United States.
the largest public subsidy for a stadium in the United States
used to construct the new stadium adjacent to their existing facility.
