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Nashville Predators - Team
History & Information
On September 25, 1997, Leipold and team
president Jack Diller held a press conference where they
unveiled the franchise's new logo, a saber-toothed
cat (Smilodon floridanus). The
logo was a reference to a partial Smilodon skeleton
found beneath downtown Nashville in 1971, during construction
of the First
American National Bank building, now the Regions
Center (Nashville).
Once the logo was unveiled, the franchise held a vote among
fans to choose a name. Three candidates were culled from
75: Ice Tigers, Fury and Attack. Leipold added his own submission
to the vote, Predators. On November 13, Leipold revealed
at a press conference that his submission had won out and
that the new franchise would be known as the Nashville Predators.
As of January, however, the Predators were
still at least 6,000 tickets short of the NHL imposed 12,000
season ticket goal. Rumors began to circulate that the team
would move before the first puck ever hit the ice. One rumor
had Leipold trading franchises with the Edmonton
Oilers, with the Oilers moving to Nashville and the Nashville
expansion franchise moving to Houston,
Texas. Leipold shot this rumor down, "There is no
chance".
When awarded a franchise, the Predators
got a very lucrative deal. The city of Nashville paid 31.50%
of the $80-million fee to join the league. The city also
absorbs operating losses from the arena, despite the fact
that the Sommet Center is operated by a subsidiary of the team.
The Predators first took the ice on October
10, 1998, where they lost 1-0 at home to the Florida
Panthers. Three nights later, on October 13, they defeated
the Carolina
Hurricanes 3–2 for their first win. Forward Andrew
Brunette scored the first goal on a play that was reviewed
by the video goal judge.
Nashville Predators
- Sommet Center
Sommet Center is owned by the Sports
Authority of Nashville and Davidson County and operated
by Powers Management Company, a subsidiary of the Nashville
Predators National
Hockey League franchise, which has been its primary
tenant since 1998. The Predators hosted the NHL
Entry Draft here in 2003.
In 1997, it was the venue of the United
States Figure Skating Association national championships,
and in 2004 hosted the U.S. Gymnastics championships.
It was the home of the Nashville
Kats franchise of the Arena
Football League from 1997 until 2001, and hosted
the team's revival from 2005 to 2007, when the Kats
folded.
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