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“I think the number one goal for anyone in this industry is to keep their staff employed,” she says. The company’s wagons, she says, have never been a place where riders could do whatever they wanted to do. On an average day, the company has about 30 to 35 riders on each wagon, and is booked from the morning up until about midnight.
She says people who presented a safety hazard, or drank too much, were immediately removed from the Nashville Tractor’s party wagons. “We’re obviously going to do what we’re required to do.” Damon Mitchell WPLN Newsīefore the city’s new ordinance, Patterson says, safety was already a top priority for the company. It’ll cost that same amount to enclose its other vehicles. The company, she says, has already spent $25,000 enclosing just one of its wagons. Patterson says the company supports safety regulations - and has pushed for them in the past - but wants the rules to be fair. So, obviously we’re going to have the most eyes on us.” People come to Nashville to have a good time and to party,” says Christy Patterson, president of the Nashville Tractor. Now, that’s no longer possible.Ī new ordinance banning open containers of alcohol on unenclosed party vehicles is forcing party vehicle operators to shake up the way they’ve been running their businesses. If you were to take a ride on one of the Nashville Tractor’s party wagons a few days ago, it was nothing to sip a beer and catch the breeze of downtown Nashville.
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