It appears that the new Sommet Center arena lease is paying off for both the Nashville Predators and the city (hat tip to @stackiii):
"This last year alone, we produced $4.7 million in new money — inside the building — of brand-new dollars for Metro," Freeman said. "It’s good for us and it’s good for Metro. In a year where the economy struggled, in a year where the hockey team was struggling to stay flat, the arena was breaking records.