The Predators have announced that "season-ticket holders who have kept up with their payments won't be on the hook for their November 'Power Pay' bill," according to Paul Skrbina of the Nashville TENNESSEAN. With details about next season "still up in the air," the Predators "hope to play a full 41-game home schedule." But if not, the team yesterday indicated November's skipped payment will count "as a credit toward the reduced value of your season-ticket package." The team in a letter to season-ticket holders said, "The past few months have been stressful for all of us. But your support for Smashville has never wavered. ... We believe it is our turn to 'pay it forward.'" Season-ticket holders were "given the option to customize their payment plans after COVID-19 paused the season in March." Those who did not customize will "benefit from no November payment." Predators Senior VP/Ticket Sales & Youth Hockey Nat Harden said that that figure is "between 70-75%." The team added that all renewal deadlines "remain deferred indefinitely and season-ticket holders who can't take their seats next season will have their seats held for the following season" (Nashville TENNESSEAN, 10/13). When asked how much the November initiative will cost the team, Harden said, "There’s just too many questions out there for us to put a dollar figure on it" (BIZJOURNALS.com, 10/12).
SMASHING THE VOTE: In Nashville, Natalie Neysa Alund reports Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett yesterday recognized the Predators for the organization's "continuing efforts to encourage voter registration." Hargett "presented the team with the National Association of Secretaries of State Medallion Award at Bridgestone Arena in downtown Nashville" (Nashville TENNESSEAN, 10/13).
