Nashville Predators
Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, TN
- Capacity
- 17,159
- Roof
- Indoor
- Surface
- Ice
- Opened
- 1996
- Tickets
- $35+
- Parking
- $0+
- Beer
- $12+
- Food
- $7+
- Est. total
- $54+
Against the other 31 NHL arenas, Bridgestone Arena is the 16th cheapest game day: 21st for tickets, joint 1st for parking and joint 9th for food and drink, compared on market ticket medians and published lot and menu prices in US dollars. See the full ranking.
Prices are estimates. See our methodology.
What to Expect
Bridgestone Arena sits right on Broadway in downtown Nashville, the honky-tonk epicenter of country music. The Predators have built one of the most unique hockey cultures in the NHL: catfish on the ice, chants for every opposing player, and a crowd that turns the arena into a wall of sound. Nashville is a party town, and game night is the best party on Broadway. The 2017 Stanley Cup Final run transformed the franchise, Smashville is no longer a novelty, it's a hockey city. The arena holds 17,159 for hockey, and it's LOUD.
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Game Day
Learn the Predators chants. After every opposing goal, the crowd chants a sequence directed at the other goalie. It's hilarious and theatrical.
Doors open 90 minutes before a Predators game, and Lower Broadway is immediately outside them.
The Pinnacle Garage is attached to the building, so it is the option that keeps you out of the Broadway crowds.
Parking & Directions
Broadway is right there and it is a blast before and after the game. Walk around Lower Broadway and hit the honky tonks. The atmosphere in Nashville on a Predators game night is something else.
WeGo Central is a short walk from the arena; the venue lists airport Route 18 at $2 one way.
The Lot E shuttle runs every 15 to 20 minutes during the two hours before and the two hours after the game; Lot E then locks.
Food & Drinks
Don't feel obligated to tip at the food stands. The folks working the events are not the ones who receive them - tips are taken as donations to whichever organization runs each stand.
Nashville hot chicken is the signature food. Order it medium if you're new. Hot and extra hot are serious business.
Jack & Coke is practically the official drink of Smashville. Jack Daniel's is distilled 80 miles south in Lynchburg.
Seating
Every seat in Bridgestone is good and you will be able to see just fine. I actually prefer the upper bowl myself - great view and usually cheaper tickets.
The 501 Club includes parking as well as food and beverage, which almost no premium ticket anywhere does. Worth costing against the ticket rather than beside it.
Behind the Bench seats are a different product from glass seats, inches from the players' bench, close enough to hear it.
Know Before You Go
- Bag policy
Backpacks are prohibited, but other bags up to 12 x 12 x 6 inches are permitted after the required screening.
Bags larger than 6 x 4 x 1.5 inches receive X-ray and visual screening; smaller bags use express visual-inspection lanes, and medical or diaper bags receive X-ray screening.
- Gate opening
Doors open 90 minutes before Nashville Predators games.
- Venue payments
Bridgestone Arena is cashless and accepts mobile payments plus Visa, Mastercard, American Express, and Discover.
- Re-entry
Re-entry is generally prohibited; guests who must leave for a service-animal need or personal emergency must arrange a scan-out with main-entrance event staff before exiting.
Guides for Bridgestone Arena
- Game Day Guide
7 steps from arrival to puck drop, and 20 venue rules checked against official sources. 4 bars, patios and plazas to fill the hours before doors, and what to bring.
- Parking & Directions
3 lots and garages with distances and entry routes, from free. Or leave the car: the cheapest way in is Walking (from downtown Nashville), free.
- Food & Drinks
4 concession stands and 25 items researched from the venue's own menus, cheapest food $7 and drink $5.
- Seating Guide
10 seating areas at Bridgestone Arena, with the level names printed on the ticket.
- Cost Calculator
Build a total for your own party using Bridgestone Arena's stored figures.
How We Checked This Page
Every section below names the source it was read from and the day it was read. Where we could not reach a published figure, the page says so rather than presenting an estimate as a checked fact.
- Venue facts
Wikipedia / Official Venue Page
- Parking prices
Bridgestone Arena's own directions-and-parking page prices three facilities: the Fifth Ave. of the Arts Garage at $10 in advance for Predators games, the adjacent First Baptist Church lot at $25 in advance, and complimentary parking in Nissan Stadium Lot R for home games without a conflict, with a free two-way BEEP shuttle. The six other facilities it names, including the attached arena garage, carry no published rate. The invented "Downtown Garages" and "Bridgestone Lots" categories are replaced by the named, priced facilities.
- Venue policies
Current Bridgestone Arena and Nashville Predators accessibility, arena-guide, ticketing, parking, and box-office pages reviewed for Predators policies.
Not yet checked against a published source
These figures are estimates. Most venues no longer publish the numbers behind them (concession and ticket pricing moved to dynamic marketplaces), so we hold them as estimates rather than dating them as verified.
- Ticket prices: Secondary market averages (SeatGeek/StubHub)
- Food prices: Team Marketing Report FCI + venue research
- Drink prices: Team Marketing Report FCI + venue research