Butch Spyridon Named To Top 100 Most Influential People In Events Industry For 2022

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Butch Spyridon. Photo: Courtesy of the Nashville Convention & Visitors Corp.

Nashville was recognized as a top city for events with Butch Spyridon, CEO of the Nashville Convention & Visitors Corp, being named to the global Top 100 Most Influential People in the Events Industry 2022.

“This recognition speaks to Nashville’s prominence as a city that excels in putting on major events, whether it’s global music festivals, gigantic sporting events or mega conventions,” says Kevin Lavender, Chair of the Board of Directors for the Nashville Convention & Visitors Corp. “Butch deserves tremendous recognition for his track record of successfully recruiting, producing and executing major events, and Nashville also deserves credit as a city that collaborates and comes together to do big things.”

Nashville has been successfully hosting major events for man years, including CMA Fest, Let Freedom Sing: July 4th in Music City, as well as major sporting events like the 2019 NFL Draft, Music City Grand Prix, the Music City Bowl and will host the upcoming NHL Draft and Awards in 2023.

The hospitality industry implemented a strategy in the early 2000s to recruit and invest in major events to increase visitation and grow Music City into a global destination.

Spyridon has led the NCVC for nearly 32 years, helping brand Nashville as Music City and was instrumental in recruiting the city’s professional sports teams and construction of Bridgestone Arena, Nissan Stadium, GEODIS Park and First Horizon Park. He was the city’s point person in recruiting and hosting the 2019 NFL Draft–the most successful Draft in NFL history and the most successful one-day event in Nashville history.

The prestigious list is published by Eventex, a global events and experiential marketing organization. The list is decided by public vote, where people from the industry nominate and then vote for those they believe have influenced the world of events and experience marketing the most. A total of 454 professionals were nominated, and the nominees with the most votes made the top 100 list.

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