The Tennessee Titans are set to play in a new stadium in downtown Nashville by 2027. The brazenly greedy project — for a place with a record number of public funding — seems pretty unnecessary for a stadium that isn’t even 25 years old.
Nonetheless, the city of Nashville will be giving its NFL team what it wants.
Recently, the Titans shared a detailed video revealing some early concept art for their future home stadium. Suffice it to say: There are very few distinguishing features for what looks like an extremely generic design.
And it’s a bit disappointing if you’re going to spend over $1.2 billion on it:
The Tennessee Titans have released a new look at their future $2.1 billion stadium — set to open in 2027.
(via @Titans) pic.twitter.com/hgsHwUbbgB
— Front Office Sports (@FOS) August 9, 2023
I’m … still not quite sure what that is? Because instead of building a standard football stadium with legitimate color and personality, it looks like the Titans have elected to go all in on darkness, blandness, and a boring overall motif. Sure seems like a waste of a Nashville aesthetic to me.
Fans on Twitter had a lot of creative jokes and ideas about what the Titans’ new stadium resembles.
1
An expensive, overgrown grocery store
Looks like an expensive, overgrown grocery store but at least our schools are well-funded and there are sidewalks everywhere in this city OH WAIT NO MY BAD https://t.co/pvHo6qKXE2
— Joel Bezaire (@joelbezaire) August 10, 2023
Oh, heck yeah. If the Titans weren’t playing there, this would be prime real estate for a giant Whole Foods.
2
A boombox
Call it the Boombox! https://t.co/3Tn528hMOe
— Blake Schuster (@Schustee) August 10, 2023
Are we sure that’s not a speaker on the roof?
3
An Xbox
Why does the stadium look like an Xbox https://t.co/FGCbwJiP3U
— Noletsbaby Billy’s Bible Bonkers (@noletsbaby) August 10, 2023
Okay, so … where do I put my Halo: Infinite disc in?
4
A PS4
Tennessee Titans about to play their home games inside a PS4. https://t.co/9fXcKftkgn pic.twitter.com/Fw2fczNPnD
— Mike Beauvais (@MikeBeauvais) August 9, 2023
I don’t know why the Titans would build a last-generation console, but now I wanna play Horizon Zero Dawn.
5
A Walmart
This is a massive Walmart. #Titans https://t.co/k2JgUe1GdU
— Joel Campos is the Master Chief (@campos63) August 10, 2023
The only difference between Walmart and a Titans home game is the low prices.
6
An Outback Steakhouse food buzzer
It looks like the buzzer they give you at Outback to let you know when your table is ready https://t.co/gNYv3pu9jN
— Jerry Thornton (@jerrythornton1) August 10, 2023
Okay, now I’m hungry. Great.
7
A corporate office building
Why do all of these new stadiums and arenas look like corporate office buildings? https://t.co/VH6uSE7Gug
— Logan Miller (@Logan_Miller_3) August 10, 2023
A fair point. And Titans football might just be as depressing by then!
8
An original PlayStation
Brings me back to my childhood https://t.co/TO8NM0QM0x pic.twitter.com/5OMEgikS3z
— Ted Nguyen (@FB_FilmAnalysis) August 9, 2023
Suddenly, I really want to play Metal Gear Solid.
9
A Blu-ray player
Will this blu ray player fit in my media center? https://t.co/ktS9J5Styg
— Geoff Sheen (@mrgeoffsilvius) August 9, 2023
Do people still have individual Blu-ray players?
10
A Sony D-50 Discman
this thing is a Sony D-50 Discman at a monstrous scale and i won't be convinced otherwise. https://t.co/dGj4Zrl4Ye pic.twitter.com/UhDNzUCMW5
— Braulio Agnese (@bagnese) August 10, 2023
You know … I can see the resemblance.
11
A major tech campus
Looks like Google or Meta or Salesforce campus hahaha https://t.co/8RuWaSxVyK
— Shohei Ohtani Stan Account (@AndyKHLiu) August 9, 2023
And inside, they will invent convoluted variations of things that have already been invented.
12
A George Forman grill
Not sure if it looks like a great big record player or some sorta new aged George Foreman grill https://t.co/s8UF0vXq17
— Chase Believer (@KalamityJim) August 9, 2023
Imagine slapping some brats on top of that roof.
13
An ice cream sandwich
Titans releasing the ice cream sandwich stadium https://t.co/0J5wGxK8Ix
— more foreign than a DeLoran (@pavdrew) August 9, 2023
You know what? I’ll allow it. Just wish it was as cheap as an ice cream sandwich.
