
For you sports enthusiasts, be sure and visit the FREE and open to the public Chevy™ Sports Zone located in the parking lot between Third and Fourth Avenues (next to Schermerhorn Symphony Hall), open Thursday-Saturday, 11:00 AM-5:00 PM/CT and Sunday, 11:00 AM-3:00 PM/CT. Family fun events and activities will be happening all four days of CMA Music Festival.
Check out the "Steve Azar and Friends Sports Challenge presented by On the Run® at Exxon" Friday, June 8, from 1:00 PM-3:00 PM/CT. An amazing array of professional and Olympic athletes and celebrities will compete along with Azar in this unique event. Participants include Terry Ahola (former Olympic US ski team member), Dave Archer (former NFL player), Blue County, Deana Carter, Steve Cole (Super Bowl champion NFL player), Craig Hentrich (Tennessee Titans player), Jim Kelly (NFL Hall of Famer), Ray Lloyd (professional wrestler), Julie Roberts, Gino Torretta (Heisman Trophy winner), and Gary Valentine (actor on television's King of Queens).
Closing out the Chevy™ Sports Zone on Sunday, June 10 is “The Michael Peterson/New Holland Celebrity Tractor Race,” from 1:00 PM-3:00 PM/CT. Country Music artists and celebrities will race against the clock through an obstacle course on a New Holland compact tractor. Participants include Country Music artists Woody Bradshaw, Ty Herndon, Rockie Lynne, Jimmy Olander of Diamond Rio, Bobby Pinson, Colt Prather, and Billy Yates, as well as Rachel Baribeau (“In the Zone” sports talk show host), Joe Jobe (CEO of National Biodiesel Board), Gunnar Nelson (from the band Nelson), and Arlos Smith (two-time SESAC Writer of the Year).
