Downtown Nashville Architecture Photography from the Sky: Part 3: Nissan Stadium + Nashville Skyline

The downtown Nashville skyline and the Nissan Stadium (completed in 1999 by HOK) have been photographed hundreds of thousands, if not millions of times. This was a super last-minute decision to get the drone out and shoot these. There were helicopters flying not too high above and for safety, I wanted to be quick and not get anywhere near them - so I was only in the air for about 5 minutes. The one thing I didn't get was the cliche view of the Nashville skyline because the sun was facing directly into the drone camera and I just couldn't really see it that well - so I opted for a less talked about view featuring The Bridge Building (by Hastings) and the soon to be completed Four Seasons Hotel by Solomon Cordwell Buenz & Associates, Inc.

The front of Nissan Stadium from about 200 feet up, only in the air for about 5 minutes with helicopters circling nearby.

The full footprint from directly above, the field looking deceptively small from up here.

A detail of the seating sections, the red and blue pattern making more visual sense from the air than it ever does from inside.

The Nashville skyline from the east side of the river showing a vignette cluster featuring Music City Center, Bridgestone Arena and The Bridge Building framed against the rest of downtown.