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Sport Nashville is home to all the spectator sports expected in a major American city, including baseball, American football, ice hockey and speedway. The Nashville Sounds baseball team is an AAA team for the Pittsburgh Pirates, who play April-September at the Herschel Greer Stadium (tel: (615) 242 4371). In football, the Nashville KATS (tel: (615) 254 KATS or 5287) play indoors April-August at the Nashville Arena, 501 Broadway, while the NFL Tennessee Titans (tel: (615) 565 4000) play August-January at the new 67,000-seater Adelphia Coliseum, by the Cumberland River. The Nashville Predators (tel: (615) 770 2300) play ice hockey October-April at the Nashville Arena. The Nashville Speedway (tel: (615) 726 1818) is at the Tennessee State Fairgrounds and has weekly events April-September. For participation, most people head outside the city to the Tennessee countryside to indulge in hiking, cycling, fishing, hunting and golf. Bowling: No American city worth its salt is without a bowling alley or three. In Nashville, there is Hendersonville Bowling Center, 460 West Main Street, Hendersonville (tel: (615) 824 5685); Melrose Bowling Lanes, 2600 Franklin Road (tel: (615) 297 7142); and Tusculum Lanes, 5315 Nolensville Road (tel: (615) 833 2881). Fitness centres: The Downtown Athletic Club, 520 Commerce Street (tel: (615) 271 2616), is open to visitors and has a gym, sauna, volleyball, basketball, aerobics, weights and other facilities. Other gyms include Steps, 2207 21st Avenue South (tel: (615) 269 8844) and Armo's, 1907 Division (tel: (615) 321 0714) in the Music Row district. Golf: There are numerous courses and resorts close to Nashville, including a championship course at the Springhouse Golf Club, part of the Opryland Hotel, 18 Springhouse Lane (tel: (615) 871 7759). Other championship resorts are Hermitage Golf Course, 3939 Old Hickory Boulevard (tel: (615) 847 4001) and Legends Club of Tennessee, 1500 Legends Club Lane, Franklin (tel: (615) 791 8100). Clubs include the Forrest Crossing Golf Course, 750 Riverview Drive (tel: (615) 794 9400), and The Legacy, 100 Ray Floyd Drive, Springfield (tel: (615) 384 4653). Weekday green fees for non-members start from about US$36 per day. Horseriding: Tennessee is natural horseback country, with plenty of stables and ranches in the Nashville vicinity. These cater to beginners and more advanced riders alike and include Biota Ranch, 5220 Ridge Hill Drive, Joelton (tel: (615) 876 6062), Ju-Ro Stables, 7149 Cairo Bend Road, Lebanon (tel: (615) 449 6621), Music City Riding Academy, 7455 Highway 100 (tel: (615) 353 4790), Namaste Acres Country Ranch Inn, 5436 Leipers Creek Road, Franklin (tel: (615) 791 0333) and Ramblin' Breeze Ranch, 3665 Knight Road, Whites Creek (tel: (615) 876 1029). Rates cost about US$15-20 per hour. Ice skating: There is a rink at the Thomas Frist Centennial Sportsplex, 25th Avenue at Brandau (tel: (615) 862 8480). Swimming: Plenty of public pools help cool off in the summer heat, including Glencliff, Antioch Pike (tel: (615) 862 8470), Pearl-Cohn, 904 26th Avenue North (tel: (615) 862 8471), Whites Creek, 7277 Old Hickory Boulevard (tel: (615) 876 4300) and the Thomas Frist Centennial Sportsplex (see above). Tennis: There are several free tennis courts around the city, run by Metro Parks and Recreation. The Thomas Frist Centennial Sportsplex (see above) has both indoor and outdoor courts from US$4 per hour. Watersports: Several lakes are very close to Nashville, where fishing and boating equipment are available for hire. These include Old Hickory Lake and Percy Priest Lake, less than 30 minutes' drive from downtown. To fish, a Tennessee fishing licence is necessarily; these are readily available at marinas and sporting goods stores. Rod and Gun Guide Service, 3502 Amanda Avenue (tel: (615) 385 1116) can provide fly-fishing guides. |
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