Beloved Nashville Venue Exit/In Will Not Close, Developers Say
A beloved Nashville music venue has been spared from what its owners feared was possible extinction after a very public effort to save the historic site. The developers who bought the property that houses the Exit/In have revealed that they intend for the venue to remain intact and, in fact, they say they never meant to do anything else.
Exit/In owners Telisha and Chris Cobb launched a GoFundMe campaign in April after the property at Nashville s Elliston Place where the Exit/In has resided since 1971 was sold to a developer, AJ Capital Partners. The venue is a longtime keystone of what s known as the Rock Block in Nashville s Midtown and one of the most beloved independent music venues in Music City.
Metro Councilmembers Speak Up on Behalf of Exit/In See photos from Wednesday s press conference in support of preserving the 50-year-old venue, whose property is under contract Share
As a warm breeze blew down Elliston Place on Wednesday afternoon, the planned press conference in front of Exit/In became something of a late-pandemic block party. Several dozen masked folks standing about six feet apart bobbed and swayed to roots-rock outfit Matt Daughtry and Friends, who soul singer A.J. Eason recruited to play a few tunes to warm up the audience. Since March 2020, no one’s been able to see a show at either Exit/In or The End, the two venerable venues straddling the strip of Elliston that has for decades been known as the Rock Block, and which was recognized with a historical marker last summer. It’s a good bet that in the Before Times, more than a few in the crowd well, probably not the youngsters helping their parents chalk messages of support on the
City leaders discuss future of Nashville s East Bank in preliminary planning meeting
City leaders are planning for the possible redevelopment of Nashville s East Bank following a multi-month study of the area.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) â Itâs the first step down a long road of redeveloping Nashville s East Bank. In a virtual meeting, city leaders discussed the future of the East Bank s public spaces, infrastructure, and mobility.
âWeâve got sort of an opportunity here to build essentially a new grid for the area to connect existing roadways to provide good vehicular connection as well as bike paths and good sidewalks,â said District 5 council member, Sean Parker.