Morgan Wallen was slated to open up his downtown Nashville bar by way of Memorial Working day weekend, but these approaches have been postponed.

Wallen’s This Bar & Tennessee Kitchen, positioned at 107 4th Ave. N., will not open this weekend as planned, according to associates for TC Cafe Group, the organization that teamed with Wallen to open the institution, and which is also behind other Nashville superstar bars from Luke Bryan, Miranda Lambert and Jason Aldean. No new opening date has been presented.

A statement from Wallen’s This Bar & Tennessee Kitchen issued to Billboard study, “We’re very pleased of our group who has worked tirelessly to get ready Morgan Wallen’s This Bar & Tennessee Kitchen for opening. The floor-up design of a six-story location launching with hundreds of team members is a remarkable amount of money of do the job and a elaborate system.”

The assertion proceeds, “When we open, we want This Bar to be an remarkable working experience for friends. Sadly, the course of action needs extra time, and we are not in a position to open and give that encounter this Memorial Day weekend. Rest certain it will be effectively truly worth the wait. We glimpse ahead to welcoming attendees soon.”

A supply tells Billboard that the restaurant/bar is awaiting final inspections, but declined to tackle no matter if TC Cafe Group skilled been denied a catering license (which tends to make it attainable for an establishment to deliver liquor, wine and beer), as had been claimed by on line internet site, Scoop Nashville, or had even applied nonetheless. The resource did affirm that the postponement of the grand opening is not connected to the Nashville Metro Council’s decision earlier this week to deny approval for an exterior signal for the bar.

On Tuesday (May possibly 21), the council turned down styles for Wallen’s 20-foot external sign–labeled an “aerial encroachment” that would have encroached on the sidewalk, which is city property– for the 6-tale constructing. Thirty customers of the council voted versus the indication, with only 3 customers voting in favor of it and 4 abstaining. Some clients of the council cited Wallen’s previous controversial incidents, collectively with his use of a racial slur in January 2021 and his arrest on felony rates prior month for throwing a chair off the six-story roof off of Eric Church’s Chief’s bar, as motives for rejecting the indication.

Wallen declared the bar’s opening on Could 4 at one particular distinct of his 3 purchased-out Nissan Stadium demonstrates in Nashville, although by no implies specified the distinct day. “It’s in excess of off 4th Ave. just beside the Ryman [Auditorium], and it’s likely to be opening Memorial Working day weekend, so I hope I see y’all there,” Wallen explained from the phase. The bar’s formal instagram picked up the video of Wallen earning the announcement, but has thinking about that taken it down, and now has only a create-up with a film of downtown Nashville with the recognize of Wallen’s bar and the phrases “Coming Summer season 2024.”

Wallen’s representative referred inquiries to TC Restaurant Team.