The county seat of Davidson County and the capital of the state of Tennessee is the city of Nashville. After Memphis, Nashville is the most populated city within the state. Nashville also includes seven small municipalities in its government system and is known as the hub for a number of industries including banking, music, publishing, healthcare and transportation.

Nashville was named after the American war hero Francis Nash and became a leading railroad centre. Owing to its strategic location as being a river port, Nashville carried on growing in its economic strength until the Civil War. However, the city soon reclaimed its economic position and grew even larger as a shipping and trading area along with developing a strong manufacturing base. In addition, it continued to grow its established publishing industry and encouraged the development of fine arts. Soon, Nashville was nicknamed the Music City.

As well as its rich culture and economic standing, Nashville has also remained in the news due to its sports scene. Nashville houses several professional sports teams; some of the prominent ones being the Nashville Predators and Tennessee Titans. The Nashville Predators are definitely the areas professional ice hockey team and they are a part of the Central Division of the Western Conference in the National Hockey League. They were formed in 1962 and were then referred to as the Dixie Flyers. All of the home games which they play are in the Sommet Centre that was formerly called the Gaylord Entertainment Center.

Their professional football team goes by the name of the Tennessee Titans. They belong to the South Division with the American Football Conference within the National playing in 1960. These were moved from Houston to Tennessee in 1997. They were then known as the Tennessee Oilers but modified their name to Tennessee Titans in 1999. The home field for the Tennessee Titans is definitely the LP field.

Nashville has a minor league baseball team which is called the Nashville Sounds. They are a part of the Pacific Coast League and play all their home games at the Herschel Greer Stadium. This stadium was inaugurated in 1978 and can host nearly 10,000 baseball fans. This team is acknowledged as one of the 100 greatest minor league teams. This league has gone on to winning numerous titles such as the PCL Championships in 2005, the Southern League title and also the Double A of the Cincinnati Reds and the Double A in the New York Yankees.

Earlier called the Nashville Broncs, the Music City Starts is Nashvilles basketball team which is an expansion team of the American Basketball Association. This team began playing from the 2008-09 season and played their home games in the Nashville Municipal Auditorium but will be moving to the Allen Arena for their games from the 2009-10 seasons. The Nashville Broncs officially changed their name to the Music City Stars in 2009 in keeping with Nashvilles strong connection to the music industry.

Nashville also encourages college sports and lends its support to the teams from Vanderbilt University, Belmont University along with the Tennessee State University.