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Turron DavenportJul 18, 2025, 02:15 PM ET
- Turron Davenport covers the Tennessee Titans for ESPN since 2018. Turron is simply a erstwhile collegiate shot subordinate astatine Cheyney University and is simply a autochthonal of Philadelphia, and helium has authored/co-authored 4 books. You tin drawback Turron connected ESPN Radio connected his amusement "Talking with TD."
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- A noose was recovered astatine the tract of the Tennessee Titans' caller Nissan Stadium, according to the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department, who said Friday that they are investigating the incident.
The Tennessee Builders Alliance, which is starring the stadium construction, said enactment astatine the tract had been halted amid the investigation.
"This week, a racist and hateful awesome was discovered connected our site. There is nary spot for hatred oregon racism successful our workplace," the Tennessee Builders Alliance said successful a statement. "We reported the incidental to instrumentality enforcement, suspended work, and launched an investigation."
The radical added that a reward has been offered for "information starring to the recognition of the idiosyncratic responsible" and that further anti-bias grooming volition beryllium required for each workers.
The caller stadium is projected to unfastened successful February 2027. Construction connected the 60,000-seat installation began successful 2024 and is projected to outgo $2.1 billion, with nationalist backing contributing $1.26 billion. The nationalist backing is the largest nationalist subsidy for a stadium successful the United States.
Nashville Mayor Freddie O'Connell expressed his interest implicit the incidental and noted the city's efforts to absorption connected workplace safety.
"Obviously, this is an situation wherever we privation to effort arsenic hard arsenic we tin to forestall scenarios that mightiness beryllium fearfulness oregon hate-based," O'Connell said successful a statement. "We've taken immoderate steps, some with section policies, authorities policy, and concern with them to try, again, to support temperatures debased and forestall hatred incidents similar this. It is precise concerning, determination is an unfastened investigation. I cognize the Titans are cooperating with Metro Nashville Police and we'll spot what that probe turns up."
