Nashville, Tenn. (March 17, 2026)\u00a0\u2013 The Nashville Predators, in partnership with Ford,\u00a0Kroger and\u00a0Middle Tennessee State University, will host\u00a0the\u00a0annual\u00a0Ford Military Salute\u00a0Week on\u00a0March 17-21\u00a0to celebrate military\u00a0members and their\u00a0families. The\u00a0week\u00a0will feature military elements activated on theBridgestone Arena plaza, concourse and throughout two military appreciation games on March 19 and March 21.<\/p>\n
The festivities start today with a watch party at\u00a0Neighbors in\u00a0Murfreesboro to cheer on the Predators as they take on the Winnipeg Jets\u00a0at 7 p.m. CT;\u00a0current and former members of the armed forces will receive 20 percent off their orders.\u00a0The party\u00a0begins\u00a0at 6 p.m. CT,\u00a0and fans\u00a0are encouraged to attend to enjoy games, giveaways and Preds hockey.<\/p>\n
The\u00a0Predators will host two\u00a0military appreciation\u00a0games\u00a0\u2013 Thursday, March 19\u00a0vs.\u00a0Seattle at 7 p.m. CTand Saturday,\u00a0March 21\u00a0vs. Vegas\u00a0at 1 p.m. CT. Both games will feature a\u00a0pre-game\u00a0plaza party\u00a0with\u00a0activations from the\u00a0118th Wing,\u00a0Air Force, Marines,\u00a0Nashville Recruiting Battalion,\u00a0Navy\u00a0and\u00a0Tennessee\u00a0Army\u00a0National Guard\u00a0as well as an interactive map for former and current service members to mark where they have served.\u00a0At the plaza party on\u00a0Saturday, the Nashville Recruiting Battalion will host an Oath of Enlistment ceremony at 11:15 a.m. CT and will see future soldiers enlisting in the armed forces.<\/p>\n
On Saturday,\u00a0before the game against the Golden Knights, the organization will host a reception\u00a0for military members and their families\u00a0to\u00a0show appreciation for their service to\u00a0our country.\u00a0The wives of the Preds and the Nashville Predators Foundation will host a baby shower for five\u00a0military wives withOperation\u00a0Homefront.\u00a0Additionally, the\u00a0first 10,000 fans at Saturday\u2019s game will receive a trucker hat, presented by Ford, and during the first intermission,\u00a0rising country music star\u00a0Cassidy Daniels will perform God Bless America with the 101st Airborne Division Rappel Squad on ice.<\/p>\n
The\u00a0Preds Foundation\u00a0will have specialty\u00a0military jerseys that will be up for auction\u00a0during both games. To bid, fans can text PREDS to 76278.\u00a0The\u00a0Preds Foundation will\u00a0also\u00a0have\u00a0military\u00a0mystery\u00a0pucks and\u00a0military\u00a0mystery\u00a0mini\u00a0sticks\u00a0available\u00a0for\u00a0a donation\u00a0at the Preds Foundation table outside section 106\/107. For a $30 donation, fans will receive a signed mystery puck; for a $25 donation, fans will receive a signed mystery mini stick. Proceeds from jerseys, pucks and mini sticks will benefit a variety of Military-focused organizations in the Middle Tennessee area.<\/p>\n
Throughout the year, the Nashville Predators offer a variety of military-specific ticket and support programs. The Hometown Heroes Discount gives all men and women that serve in the armed services or as first responders 25 percent off the box office price on single-game tickets when verified by GovX. Click\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0to access the discount.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nashville, Tenn. (March 17, 2026)\u00a0\u2013 The Nashville Predators, in partnership with Ford,\u00a0Kroger and\u00a0Middle Tennessee State University, will host\u00a0the\u00a0annual\u00a0Ford…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":508595,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5119],"tags":[5,2409,231,5281,4,2410],"class_list":{"0":"post-508594","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nashville-predators","8":"tag-hockey","9":"tag-nashville","10":"tag-nashville-predators","11":"tag-nashvillepredators","12":"tag-nhl","13":"tag-predators"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116247048213798718","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=508594"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508594\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/508595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=508594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=508594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=508594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}