Will a new covered stadium just mean some tourists coming to see a game rather than listening to music?
(2) "In addition to", not "rather than" ... one would hope.
As a former native of Nashville, I have seen every government trying to be considered a great as Atlanta, Chicago, or other big cities. Even in the 1980s they were trying to get a major league NFL, NBA or baseball team. Once time they even tried to bid on the Olympics.
Nashville has delusions of being greater than Atlanta.