Scoop: Cooper, Titans reach stadium deal

NEW in Nashville: Mayor John Cooper has struck a deal with the Tennessee Titans to build a new domed stadium.

on all hotel room rentals in Davidson County, sales taxes collected within the new facility and sales taxes collected in the surrounding 130-acre campus.Cooper and the Titans must brace for a rugged battle in Metro Council, which is leery of more big spending for tourism.It represents the largest building project in Metro history.Nissan Stadium opened just 23 years ago and was promised to last several decades longer.

The council is also waiting on a consultant's report, which will examine the financial liability of the existing Nissan Stadium lease. earlier this year said the current lease would cost the city $1.8 billion in the next 17 years, but council members wanted an independent consultant to verify that estimate.

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