Nashville To Host Stanley Cup Viewing Parties Despite CMA Festival

Downtown Nashville "viewing parties will go on" for tonight’s Stanley Cup Final Game 5 and Sunday’s Game 6 even with the 80,000 daily fans expected for the CMA Music Festival, which begins today and runs through Sunday. Predators festivities will "include outdoor Stanley Cup viewing parties on Broadway for both games," but this time they will be "away from the center of the honkey-tonk entertainment strip." The scene there will feature two giant screens, and the site will open at 5:00pm ET. The Predators plan to open Bridgestone Arena for 13,000 fans (Nashville TENNESSEAN, 6/8). Actor Ashton Kutcher “mic-dropped a catfish on the stage” last night during the ’17 CMT Music Awards in Nashville. He was presenting the award for best collaborative video (TENNESSEAN.com, 6/7).