Nashville mayor John Cooper, an early opponent ofMLS’s move into Nashville, finally buried the hatchet with Nashville SC, the new MLS team, green-lighting the demolition of old buildings at Fairgrounds Nashville, the first step in a developmentproject that will bring a 30,000-seat soccer stadium to the Music City.

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