Despite Predators' success, Nashville not in sellout mood

Posted April 22, 2010 11:00 pm

By Tim Sassone

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - This is not a hockey hotbed, but neither is Tampa, Sunrise, Fla., Atlanta, Columbus or even Phoenix - but the NHL insists on having teams in these places.

For Game 3 here Tuesday, the Predators fell about 1,000 short of a sellout and there were still tickets available for Game 4 on Thursday morning.

With the Predators playing perhaps the biggest game in franchise history on Thursday night, having the chance to go up 3-1 on the Blackhawks in their first-round playoff series, the NFL draft dominated the front page of the Tennessean, Nashville's largest newspaper.

Football is king here and always will be, but the Predators do have a loyal following and those fans can make Bridgestone Arena one of the loudest in the NHL, maybe behind only the United Center and HP Pavilion in San Jose.

"That building is one of the louder buildings in the league when they get moving in there, and they (the Predators) feed off that," Hawks winger Adam Burish said.

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