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Council recognizes 10th anniversary of Ford Ice Center in Antioch and 5th anniversary in Bellevue
Summary
Council member Stiles read a resolution honoring the Ford Ice Centers in Antioch (opened 2014) and Bellevue (opened 2019), noting facility features, community programming and a disputed ranking of the learn-to-skate program; the transcript records the presentation but not a formal adoption vote.
The Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County Council read a resolution recognizing the 10th anniversary of the Ford Ice Center in Antioch and the fifth anniversary of the Ford Ice Center in Bellevue.
Council member Stiles presented the text, which traces Antioch’s center to a September 2014 opening at the former Hickory Hollow Mall site, lists a 90,000-square-foot facility with twin rinks and community amenities, and describes the Bellevue center (opened October 2019) as a 110,000-square-foot facility with two NHL-size rinks, 12 locker rooms, private party rooms and a restaurant. The resolution also notes community programs including public skating, hockey, figure skating, adaptive programs such as Sled Preds and the American Special Hockey Organization, and the Preds and Pixels gaming trailer.
A representative identified as Sean, present at the meeting, contradicted one line in the reading, saying, “we're not fifteenth in anything. We're first,” after the resolution text stated the Antioch learn-to-skate program was ranked 15th nationally and first in the South in February 2023 with 1,043 unique participants. The transcript records the reading of visitor figures and program details — including a cited figure of 1,500,000 visitors annually for the pair of facilities — but does not record a motion, mover/second or a roll-call vote adopting the resolution in the provided excerpt.
Council members invited photos and noted plans to present the recognition at an upcoming Predators game at Bridgestone Arena. One council member referenced future plans and partnerships, including discussion of additional centers and a proposed site near Tennessee State University that could support an HBCU hockey program.
