CLARKSVILLE, TN (CLARKSVILLE NOW) – The arena under construction in downtown Clarksville finally has an official name, or the start of one: F&M Bank.
The bank is buying naming rights to the facility, but it is not yet decided whether it will be called the F&M Bank Arena, F&M Bank Event Center or, as some jokingly suggested at the announcement Tuesday afternoon, the F&M Bank Hippodrome. Plans for the MPEC, shown from First and Main Streets. Plans for the MPEC, shown from Main and Second Streets. Plans for the MPEC, shown from College and First Streets. Plans for the MPEC, shown from Second and College Streets.
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One of the most iconic sports brands in middle Tennessee will be joined by one of Clarksville s most iconic businesses, in naming the new Montgomery County downtown events center.
Sabertooth Sports & Entertainment, LLC and Clarksville-based F&M Bank have executed a multi-year naming rights agreement for the multipurpose events center, officials announced Tuesday afternoon at the bank s main office on Franklin Street.
A specific name and logo for the venue will be announced at a later date. Sabertooth Sports & Entertainment, LLC is owned and operated by Predators Holdings, LLC the Nashville Predators.
The announcement comes one week after the Predators unveiled the formation of SS&E, an operations and sales service venture that will manage the 250,000-square-foot facility.
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Mask mandate allowed to expire in Montgomery Co.
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CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) â Montgomery County Mayor Jim Durrett will allow the county s mask mandate to expire at midnight Friday.
âAlthough we are lifting the mask mandate throughout our community, masks will be required in all County and City government buildings to protect our employees to the maximum extent possible, Mayor Durrett said in a press release. Our employees and visitors will also be required to wear masks when working with the public unless a partition is between the customer and employee. We have an occupational employment duty to protect our employees and ensure the continuity of County and City operations.â
Two weather-related deaths reported by TEMA Natalie Neysa Alund and Rachel Wegner, Nashville Tennessean
Nashville and much of Middle Tennessee awoke to freezing temperatures, ice and patches of snow across cars, driveways, sidewalks and roadways on Monday and more frigid weather was expected to hit the region over the next 24 hours.
As of about 6:45 p.m. Monday, hundreds of vehicle crashes and thousands of power outages had been reported across the region.
Law enforcement and city leaders continued to urge residents to stay home. If they must venture out they re asked to bundle up, drive slowly and watch their step.