Nashville's New Year's Eve 2025 Hundreds of Officers Working to Help Ensure Safety

Hundreds of Metro police officers will be highly visible as they work New Year's Eve assignments downtown, at the Bicentennial Mall and the Gulch area to help ensure the safety of Nashvillians and visitors attending "Nashville's Big Bash" festivities. The MNPD strongly urges those celebrating the New Year to be vigilant and keep personal items close. If you SEE SOMETHING suspicious or concerning, please immediately SAY SOMETHING to a nearby officer.

Only clear bags will be permitted in Bicentennial Mall State Park; no backpacks, coolers, duffel bags, etc.

Event gates at Bicentennial Mall State Park open at 5:30 p.m. A program featuring Lainey Wilson, Jason Aldean, Bailey Zimmerman and others will be televised nationally during the evening before concluding at 12:30 a.m. Persons planning on attending the show are urged to be aware of the "house rules" concerning prohibited items: https://www.visitmusiccity.com/newyearseve/house-rules.

Road closures around Bicentennial Mall, north of Jefferson Street, include 5th, 6th and 7th Avenues North and Junior Gilliam Way. Broadway downtown will be closed from Representative John Lewis Way to 1st Avenue.

RIDESHARE

Rideshare drop off and pick up locations this year will be on James Robertson Parkway between 4th Avenue and Representative John Lewis Way, and Jefferson Street between 6th Avenue and Rosa L. Parks Boulevard.

LOST ITEMS

Two separate plans are in place to reunite persons with lost valuables (cell phones, wallets, purses, etc.). Those who lose an item(s) while attending Bicentennial Mall events can check the information tents on the site, or the Nashville Visitor Center at Bridgestone Arena on New Year's Day from 12 noon to 5 p.m. (telephone number 615-259-4700). The Nashville Convention & Visitors Corporation will be operating this initiative.

Those who lose valuables in the downtown or Gulch areas can go to the lobby of police department's Central Precinct, 601 Korean Veterans Boulevard, throughout New Year's morning until 12 noon to see if their item(s) were turned in. The MNPD will have dedicated staff at the Central Precinct to assist in reuniting folks with lost items.

PARTNERSHIPS

The MNPD's New Year's Eve planning is in partnership with the FBI, Tennessee Highway Patrol, Nashville Fire Department, Davidson County Sheriff's Office, Tennessee State Parks, Nashville's Office of Emergency Management, and the Nashville Department of Transportation.