With Morgan Wallen’s brand-new, six-story venue, This Bar, set to open this weekend, Nahville’s council decided to step in and reject the “Last Night” singer’s name from being on the bar’s sign.
According to The Tennessean, today, the council voted 30-3 to deny the construction of a 20-foot sign bearing Wallen’s name. Many council members cited Wallen’s past history of arrests, primarily his recent April arrest after throwing a chair off of Eric Church’s rooftop bar Chief’s.
Metro Councilmember Jordan Huffman had some extremely strong words for Wallen and his past controversies.
“He gives all of us a bad name. His comments are hateful, his actions are harmful and he don’t belong in this town as far as I’m concerned. I’m tired of this city bending over to just make anybody happy that makes a comment that they want to. We continue to go down this road.”
At-large Councilmember, Delishia Porterfield, also cited his past controversies as a reason to deny Wallen’s name being on This Bar’s sign.
“I don’t want to see a billboard up with a name of a person who’s throwing chairs off of balconies and who is saying racial slurs.”
Finally, Councilmember Sherri Weiner added:
“I don’t know how we stand here and file resolutions that speak on inclusion and respect for other people. And out of respect for everyone in this room and for everyone in this city, I have to vote no.”
It should be noted, as reported by Fox 17 in Nashville, that there is nothing wrong with the sign legally as it meets all zoning regulations.
This Bar will still open this weekend on 107th 4th Ave. North; however, any signage at the bar’s door with Wallen’s name attached will be prohibited by the city.