Inside Robert's Western World in 2017
Robert’s Western World, one of Nashville’s original honky-tonks, will open its first satellite location in the future Nissan Stadium.
The site will be located on the 300 level of the $2.1 billion facility, providing “the Robert’s Western World honky-tonk experience” to all fans. It is not immediately clear whether that experience will include live music.
Similarly, a release does not note terms of the lease deal or the cost to get operational.
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The new Nissan Stadium is scheduled to open in February 2027, with the Titans expecting to host concerts and other events before the team plays its first season there in the fall of that year.
In celebration of the announcement, the Titans will have a presence at Robert’s Western World’s Fan Fair today (Aug. 3) in the 400 block of Lower Broadway. Robert’s Fan Fair is a free, family-friendly event, open to the public and running from 10 a.m. to midnight.
Billed by its owners as the “last real honky-tonk,” Robert's is housed in a building that served as a steel-guitar shop from the late 1950s to the early 1980s before briefly becoming a liquor store.
Robert Moore bought the building in the early 1990s and converted it into a Western apparel store called Robert’s Rhinestone Western Wear. A few years after Moore’s purchase, he changed the business’s name to its current one, adding live country music to the experience.
“It has always been our goal to use this stadium to represent the very best of our city and state,” Chelsea Lipocky, Titans head of stadium, revenue and strategy, says in a release. “There is no better way to do that than by highlighting and honoring local businesses, especially one with as much history as Robert’s.”
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The Robert’s location at Nissan Stadium will pay tribute to the original downtown business with checkerboard floors, portraits, neon signs and a boot display.
Emily Ann Jones, co-owner of Robert’s Western World, notes that over the years, the business has had the opportunity to partner with some big cities and brands, but that none of the offers felt right. This agreement, she adds, will help protect and preserve the tradition, history and integrity of the music that built Music City.
“When presented this opportunity from our hometown team, we had no reservations, as they understood what we are all about,” says Jones in the release. “We are grateful to the Titans for recognizing our love for this city and the tradition we are trying to preserve, and we are honored to join them at their beautiful new stadium. We can’t wait to see y’all there.”
This story was first published by our sister publication, the Nashville Post.
