If you ever have the chance to take a weekend and go watch your team (or any team) play in Nashville, you should! Great place to watch a game, and right as you exit after the game, you're surrounded by bars, cowboy boots, and lovely ladies.

Great idea Solid Gold! Can you mention that to the Preds management team? They don't want anyone in red in their arena and prohibit us from buying tickets.
- Signed, Blackhawks fans
- scottak

Still talking about this, huh?

They tried too hard to make it a country thing when Nashville products tons of other music genres too. That's why it's the music city not the country bullpoop music city.
- Feds91Stammer

My thoughts exactly. I kept wondering why they didn't have at least one or two of the rock groups on the main stage or anywhere for that matter. I grew up in Nashville before moving to Alabama 14yrs ago and never got too much into Country. And maybe they were all big name people in the Country market but I didn't know but maybe two of the names that performed.

Great weekend all the way around. The Fan Fair was amazing. The Skills Competition was fantastically fun, and the game itself was one of the best All-Star events in any sport, ever. John Scott was icing on the cake, but honestly, it was a helluva weekend with or without him.

Now that Nashville has set the entertainment bar for the All-Star game, I expect LA to put on another spectacular show next year.

Some minor issue that I hope LA considers next year:

*If you have live entertainment or a DJ, don't put the Interview Theater right next to the very loud music. It was hard to hear what people were saying sometimes.

*Sit more than one person at the autograph table and give fans more access to more players. Standing in line then needing to return to wait in another line immediately after wasn't ideal.

*Have the players at a photo station where you could take pictures with them. Pictures weren't allowed at the autograph table for obvious reasons. It would have been nice to have this option.

*The QR Code scanners were terrible. Get better scanners or do away with the QR Codes. Lots of people didn't even know about the Fan Fair Pass and were downloading the QR Code in line.

*Open before 10am. The line to get in was ridiculous if you showed up after 9:15am. People had reservations to take a picture with the cup as early as 10:15am, but couldn't get in on time.

*Figure out a more efficient bag check and wanding procedure.

*Try to space out the more popular events. It was hard to pick and choose where to be several times over the weekend.

Those are my observations. It was truly a one o a kind weekend. One I'll never forget. For those who don't like country music, to each his own. There are plenty of people who do. I don't listen to country music and didn't know who some of the acts were, but I enjoyed what I heard. I may look a couple of them up now.

Good job Nashville. Good job, Paul. Good job, Preds. The All-Star game is alive again.

Btw, I have to mention this:

I don't think Dylan Larkin actually broke that record. I was watching the scoreboard when he started and the clock started 2 seconds after he took off. He had at least 5 strides in before the clock started ticking. I said something to the guy next to me before Larkin took his first turn.

Good grief some people can't say anything positive.

Victor Hedman.
- SolidGoldBricks

Now I don't care who you are... that's funny!

Great weekend all the way around. The Fan Fair was amazing. The Skills Competition was fantastically fun, and the game itself was one of the best All-Star events in any sport, ever. John Scott was icing on the cake, but honestly, it was a helluva weekend with or without him.

Now that Nashville has set the entertainment bar for the All-Star game, I expect LA to put on another spectacular show next year.

Some minor issue that I hope LA considers next year:

*If you have live entertainment or a DJ, don't put the Interview Theater right next to the very loud music. It was hard to hear what people were saying sometimes.

*Sit more than one person at the autograph table and give fans more access to more players. Standing in line then needing to return to wait in another line immediately after wasn't ideal.

*Have the players at a photo station where you could take pictures with them. Pictures weren't allowed at the autograph table for obvious reasons. It would have been nice to have this option.

*The QR Code scanners were terrible. Get better scanners or do away with the QR Codes. Lots of people didn't even know about the Fan Fair Pass and were downloading the QR Code in line.

*Open before 10am. The line to get in was ridiculous if you showed up after 9:15am. People had reservations to take a picture with the cup as early as 10:15am, but couldn't get in on time.

*Figure out a more efficient bag check and wanding procedure.

*Try to space out the more popular events. It was hard to pick and choose where to be several times over the weekend.

Those are my observations. It was truly a one o a kind weekend. One I'll never forget. For those who don't like country music, to each his own. There are plenty of people who do. I don't listen to country music and didn't know who some of the acts were, but I enjoyed what I heard. I may look a couple of them up now.

Good job Nashville. Good job, Paul. Good job, Preds. The All-Star game is alive again.

- Predaceous

I would add 1 more. While this was a League thing I'm guessing, not a Nashville thing, I would like them to re-think the Cup picture reservations.

We went as a last minute decision and that was the only thing I really, really wanted to do. So i paid $60 for us to get in only to find out I had to have a reservation and there were none left. If it really has to be by reservation only, then it should be listed that way in every place it is advertised. It wasn't. That kind of soured the experience for us.

I would add 1 more. While this was a League thing I'm guessing, not a Nashville thing, I would like them to re-think the Cup picture reservations.

We went as a last minute decision and that was the only thing I really, really wanted to do. So i paid $60 for us to get in only to find out I had to have a reservation and there were none left. If it really has to be by reservation only, then it should be listed that way in every place it is advertised. It wasn't. That kind of soured the experience for us.
- predswilrule

It wasn't reservation only. The reservation just gets you to the front of the line.

Great idea Solid Gold! Can you mention that to the Preds management team? They don't want anyone in red in their arena and prohibit us from buying tickets.
- Signed, Blackhawks fans

Scottak, I know a few Hawks fans that live in Nashville. They can get you tickets. PM me if you're interested for next season.

Now I don't care who you are... that's funny!
- pmccann