Nashville SC ownership and advocacy group Stand Up Nashville on Monday announced the two parties have reached an agreement related to the proposed construction of a Major League Soccer stadium at The Fairgrounds Nashville.
Most members of the Metro Council said they wanted to see a signed community benefits agreement between the two parties prior to final votes next week on measures required to build the 30,500-seat stadium.
According to a letter from Nashville Soccer Holdings and Stand Up Nashville to the council, the groups “have come to [an] agreement on the majority of the terms and fully expect to finalize the Community Benefits Agreement formal document this week.”
(Read the full letter here.)
Earlier in the day, Mayor David Briley penned an open letter in which he said he would announce a CBA “very soon” and urged the Metro Council to support the stadium-related bills.
Among the items included in the CBA:
- NSH will set aside 12 percent of residential units as affordable housing, in addition to 8 percent of units for workforce housing;
- NSH will reserve 4,000 square feet for a child care facility near the project’s mixed-use development;
- NSH will reserve 4,000 square feet of retail space in the mixed-use development for a micro-unit incubator for artisans and small businesses;
- NSH will donate new and used soccer equipment to Metro schools and host an annual coaching clinic for Metro coaches;
- NSH stadium employees will be paid at least $15.50 per hour;
- Stand Up Nashville and NSH will establish a community advisory committee to monitor continued compliance with the CBA.
In the joint letter, the two parties urge Metro Council to approve the bills related to the MLS stadium.
“Nashville’s soccer fans are not just supporting the team, with our CBA, we are also supporting their neighbors,” they wrote.
